cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hypothenemus concavodeclivis Atkinson and Flechtmann 2021, new species
Creators: name: Atkinson, Thomas H.
name: Flechtmann, Carlos A. H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Hypothenemus
Hypothenemus concavodeclivis

description: Hypothenemus concavodeclivis Atkinson and Flechtmann, new species
Fig. 11
 Diagnosis. This small species would key out to couplet 37 in Wood’s 2007 key. Beyond this point it does not resemble any of the other species included in the key. Unique features include the fine, hair-like setae that are very long on the declivity, the robust body form, and the weakly sulcate declivity.
 Female. total length: 1.25 mm, maximum width: 0.60 mm, length of elytra: 0.8 mm, total length / width: 2.03, elytra length / total length: 0.64, pronotal length / width: 0.71.
Frons flattened, central area between eyes with sparse granules and sparse hair-like setae. A shallow, longitudinal impression extends from epistoma to upper level of eyes. Antennal flagellum with three segments (plus pedicel); club oval, with clearly marked sutures.
Pronotum with six evenly spaced asperities on anterior margin, central pair larger than others. Anterior slope with numerous small asperities (>25), surface smooth, shining, with fine hair-like setae mixed with asperities. Summit not produced, at or near middle of pronotum. Disc shallowly punctured, surface finely reticulate between punctures, vestiture of fine, hair-like setae.
Surface of pronotal disc smooth, shining. Striae not impressed, punctures shallow, with short, recumbent hair-like setae. Interstriae smooth, flattened, 3–4× as wide as striae, vestiture of uniseriate, fine, hair-like setae, their length about the same as width of interstriae.
Declivity occupying slightly more than ½ the total elytral length, its surface flattened, slightly concave between the third interstriae. Interstriae with long, erect, hair-like setae, at least twice as long as those on disc as well as confused, recumbent hair-like setae forming the ground vestiture. Longer, erect setae associated with fine granules. Striae also with recumbent setae, longer than those on disc. Strial punctures obscure on declivity, overall declivital surface reticulate.
 Male. Unknown.
 Type material. Holotype female: Peru: Loreto: Requena, Genaro Herrera, terra firme forest, 4°52′44.22″S 73°38′52.42″W, unbaited window trap, 05-VIII-2011, G. Lamarre (MEFEIS).
 Etymology. The species name refers to the unusual concave declivity in this species.
description: Published as part of Atkinson, Thomas H. & Flechtmann, Carlos A. H., 2021, New species, new records and synonymy of Brazilian species of Hypothenemus Westwood, 1834 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 1-33 in Insecta Mundi 2021 (846) on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5041370
Half-integer Shapiro steps at the 0-pi crossover of a ferromagnetic Josephson junction
Creators: name: Sellier, H.
name: Baraduc, C.
name: Lefloch, F.
name: Calemczuk, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the current-phase relation of S/F/S junctions near the crossover between the 0 and the pi ground states. We use Nb/CuNi/Nb junctions where this crossover is driven both by thickness and temperature. For a certain thickness a non-zero minimum of critical current is observed at the crossover temperature. We analyze this residual supercurrent by applying a high frequency excitation and observe the formation of half-integer Shapiro steps. We attribute these fractional steps to a doubling of the Josephson frequency due to a sin(2*phi) current-phase relation. This phase dependence is explained by the splitting of the energy levels in the ferromagnetic exchange field.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
Redesign of Intersection at 16th Avenue / SW Marine Drive : Final Design Report
Creators: name: Seneres, Abbey
name: Backman-Choo, Alexa
name: Naik, Atira
name: Parker, Ezra
name: Dhaliwal, Michael
name: Grewal, Tajveer
name: Bhuiyan, Shaden
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: Team 13 has completed a detailed redesign of the intersection of SW Marine Drive and 16th Avenue. The current intersection has not changed to meet the needs of a growing UBC Point Grey population, with issues including high traffic speeds, poor cyclist and pedestrian safety, erosion of Point Grey cliffs, and no sense of arrival to campus. The redesigned intersection features a turbo roundabout for traffic control, serving to both control traffic speeds entering campus and help prevent collisions with dedicated turning lanes. Road curvature, reduced lanes, and textured roadways further help to slow traffic approaching campus. Revamped bike lanes protected by sensor activated lights and rain garden buffers address cyclist safety and comfort, while a steel truss pedestrian overpass spanning 16th Avenue completely ensures the safety of pedestrians. Extensive rain gardens and reductions in impervious areas serve to retain all stormwater onsite and prevent erosion. A recycled plastic UBC sign in the center of the roundabout commissioned from indigenous artists welcomes visitors to campus, and affirms UBC’s respect for the traditional and ancestral lands of the Musqueam people. The design conforms to all Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure requirements, and guidelines from the City of Vancouver Engineering Design Manual and Accessibility Guides. The Class A cost estimate predicts a project cost of $2,246,000 including $33,000 in annual maintenance. Construction in four phases is designed to begin May 1st, 2024, completing September 12th, 2024. Traffic management plans are set to keep access through the intersection open using temporary traffic lights for 3 of 4 phases, with detours for one traffic route required for the fourth phase. Detailed design drawings, 3D models, SIDRA traffic analyses, structural and foundation calculations, and stormwater management analyses are included in the appendices of this report. Together, the design package is ready to be sent for construction. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
A Fractal Valued Random Iteration Algorithm and Fractal Hierarchy
Creators: name: Barnsley, Michael
name: Hutchinson, John E.
name: Stenflo, Örjan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 28A80, 65C05, 60J05, 60G57, 68U05

description: We describe new families of random fractals, referred to as "V-variable", which are intermediate between the notions of deterministic and of standard random fractals. The parameter V describes the degree of "variability" : at each magnification level any V-variable fractals has at most V key "forms" or "shapes". V-variable random fractals have the surprising property that they can be computed using a forward process. More precisely, a version of the usual Random Iteration Algorithm, operating on sets (or measures) rather than points, can be used to sample each family. To present this theory, we review relevant results on fractals (and fractal measures), both deterministic and random. Then our new results are obtained by constructing an iterated function system (a super IFS) from a collection of standard IFSs together with a corresponding set of probabilities. The attractor of the super IFS is called a superfractal; it is a collection of V-variable random fractals (sets or measures) together with an associated probability distribution on this collection. When the underlying space is for example $\mathbb{R}^{2}$, and the transformations are computationally straightforward (such as affine transformations), the superfractal can be sampled by means of the algorithm, which is highly efficient in terms of memory usage. The algorithm is illustrated by some computed examples. Some variants, special cases, generalizations of the framework, and potential applications are mentioned.
description: 51 pages, 31 figures
Additional file 1 of Photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline in aqueous systems under visible light irridiation using needle-like SnO2 nanoparticles anchored on exfoliated g-C3N4
Creators: name: Oluwole, Adewumi Olufemi
name: Olatunji, Olatunde Stephen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. XRD patterns of (a) SnO2 nanoparticles, (b) g-C3N4 nanosheet and, (c) different mass combinations of SnO2/g-C3N4 heterostructure composites. Fig. S2. Diffractograms of synthesized heterostructure needle-like SnO2/g-C3N4 composites devoid of distinct diffraction peaks of SnO2 nanoparticles. Fig. S3. FTIR Spectra of pure SnO2, g-C3N4, and SnO2/g-C3N4 composites. Fig. S4. (a) TGA thermograms and (b) the corresponding derivative thermograms of the synthesized heterostructured composites. Fig. S5. (a) recyclability test of 30% SnO2/g-C3N4 composite and (b) XRD pattern of 30%SnO2/g-C3N4 before photoreaction and used after five repeated cycles of photodegradation experiments. Fig. S6. showing the effects of various scavengers on the tetracycline degradation using 3% SnO2/g-C3N4 under visible light irradiation. Fig. S7. Reaction mechanism pathway for the degradation of tetracycline through 30% SnO2/g-C3N4. Fig. S8. Mott-Schottky plots measured at 1 kHz in 5 mM [Fe(CN)6]4−/3− solution.
Near-infrared flares from accreting gas around the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre
Creators: name: Genzel, R.
name: Schoedel, R.
name: Ott, T.
name: Eckart, A.
name: Alexander, T.
name: Lacombe, F.
name: Rouan, D.
name: Aschenbach, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent measurements of stellar orbits provide compelling evidence that the compact radio source Sagittarius A* at the Galactic Centre is a 3.6-million-solar-mass black hole. Sgr A* is remarkably faint in all wavebands other than the radio region, however, which challenges current theories of matter accretion and radiation surrounding black holes. The black hole's rotation rate is not known, and therefore neither is the structure of space-time around it.Here we report high-resolution infrared observations of Sgr A* that reveal 'quiescent' emission and several flares. The infrared emission originates from within a few milliarcseconds of the black hole, and traces very energetic electrons or moderately hot gas within the innermost accretion region. Two flares exhibit a 17-minute quasi-periodic variability. If the periodicity arises from relativistic modulation of orbiting gas, the emission must come from just outside the event horizon, and the black hole must be rotating at about half of the maximum possible rate.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures to appear in the Oct 30 issue of Nature
Associated production of top squarks and charginos at the CERN LHC in NLO SUSY-QCD
Creators: name: Jin, Li Gang
name: Li, Chong Sheng
name: Liu, Jian Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the next-to-leading order inclusive total cross sections for the associated production processes $pp\to \tilde{t}_i\tildeχ_k^-+X$ in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model at the CERN LHC. Our results provide the theoretical predictions for the total cross sections for the above processes. The NLO QCD corrections in general enhance the leading order total cross sections significantly, and vastly reduce the dependence of the total cross sections on the renormalization/factorization scale, which leads to increased confidence in predictions based on these results.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures, Revtex4
Effect of Corn Ethanol Production on Conservation Reserve Program Acres in the US
Creators: name: Khanna, M.
name: Khanna, M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: The decline in acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) since 2007 while corn ethanol production increased has raised concerns about the indirect land use change effects of biofuel production in the US. However, the extent to which this decline in CRP acres can be causally attributed to increased ethanol production is yet to be determined. Using a dynamic, partial equilibrium economic model for the US agricultural sector we find that doubling of corn ethanol production over the 2007-2012 period (holding all else constant) led to the conversion of 3.2 million acres of marginal land, including 1 million acres in CRP, to crop production. While substantial in magnitude, we find that this represented 13% and 16% of the reduction in all marginal acres and in CRP acres, respectively, that would have occurred in the counterfactual baseline over the 2007-2012 period. We also find that the land use change per million gallons of corn ethanol has declined non-linearly from 453 acres to 112 acres over the 2007-2012 period. Acknowledgement :
Entrepreneurship and Farm Profit in Rural Niger
Creators: name: Salami, A.
name: Kounagbe Lokonon, B.O.
name: Salami, A.
name: Kounagbe Lokonon, B.O.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Farm Management

description: With numerous challenges hindering farm households entrepreneurship decision, it is often argued that entrepreneurship can play an essential role in improving farm productivity. Yet assessment of the impact of entrepreneurship on farm productivity is scarce. We address this issue by analyzing the effect of non-agricultural entrepreneurship on farm profit. Using the World Bank s Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Survey on Agriculture datasets for 2011 and 2014 of Niger and applying endogenous switching regression, we find that non-agricultural entrepreneurship significantly increases farm profit. Farm profit increased by 908,504.4 CFA F for the farm households that developed non-agricultural enterprises thanks to their entrepreneurship behavior. The total value of farm profit for the farm households without non-agricultural enterprises would have increased by 808,789.2 CFA F relative to the current level with the development of non-agricultural enterprises. The findings support increasing arguments on the need to promote entrepreneurship in rural areas to improve farm profit and to transform structurally the economy Acknowledgement :
Gamma-ray bursts: A brief survey of the diversity
Creators: name: Mészáros, Attila
name: Řípa, Jakub
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The separation of the gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) into short/hard and long/soft subclasses, respectively, is well supported both theoretically and observationally. The long ones are coupled to supernovae type Ib/Ic - the short ones are connected to the merging of two neutron stars, where one or even both neutron stars can be substituted by black holes. These short GRBs - as merging binaries - can also serve as the sources of gravitation waves, and are observable as the recently detected macronovae. Since 1998 there are several statistical studies suggesting the existence of more than two subgroups. There can be a subgroup having an intermediate durations; there can be a subgroup with ultra-long durations; the long/soft subgroup itself can be divided into two subclasses with respect to the luminosity of GRBs. The authors with other collaborators provided several statistical studies in this topic. This field of the GRB-diversity is briefly surveyed in this contribution.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, published in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
The Dimension of Skew Shifted Young Diagrams, and Projective Characters of the Infinite Symmetric Group
Creators: name: Ivanov, Vladimir N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05E10 (Primary) 05E05, 20C30, 20C32 (Secondary)

description: Classical Schur P-functions are the particular case of Hall-Littlewood polynomials when the parameter is equal to -1. We introduce factorial (interpolation) analogues of Schur P-functions. A dimension of a skew shifted Young diagram is the number of standard tableaux of the given shape. Also these numbers are equal up to simple factors to the decomposition coefficients of the restriction of an irreducible representation of a spin-symmetric group to a smaller spin-symmetric group. In terms of the factorial Schur P-functions we obtain an explicit formula for the dimension of a skew shifted Young diagram. The main application of this formula is the new derivation of Nazarov's classification of undecomposable projective characters of the infinite symmetric group.
description: AMS-TeX, 16 pages, 2 figures
Inequality of Opportunity in Earnings in Rural China
Creators: name: Shi, X.
name: Shi, X.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Labor and Human Capital

description: This paper seeks to quantify the role of inequality of opportunity in individual earnings that is associated with family background, gender, ethnic minority status, region of birth and birth cohorts in rural China. Using the China Labour-force Dynamics Survey (CLDS) for 2014, we find that the share of inequality of opportunity in individual earnings in rural China for the full sample is 20.4 percent. A Shapley-value decomposition approach reveals the contribution of each of the circumstances. This result varies across birth cohorts: the youngest cohort 1981-1990 has the lowest total inequality in earnings, but it turns out to be the one with highest circumstantial inequality as well as the partial inequality of opportunities stemming from each of the circumstances, with the only exception of gender. A closer investigation shows that three effort variables own education, off-farm employment and marital status are pivotal in determining income inequality, but migration is not. Circumstances influence individual earnings, not only directly, but also indirectly through these three effort variables. Acknowledgement : The author is most grateful for the technical assistance (sharing related Stata and R codes) provided by Dr. Francisco H. G. Ferreira at the World Bank, Professor Markus J ntti at Stockholm University in Sweden and Dr. Florian Ch vez Ju rez at the National Laboratory for Public Policy in Mexico City,and also for the insightful comments made by Dr. Jane Golley at the Australian National University.
Timing and Spectroscopy of Accreting X-ray Pulsars: the State of Cyclotron Line Studies
Creators: name: Heindl, W. A.
name: Rothschild, R. E.
name: Coburn, W.
name: Staubert, R.
name: Wilms, J.
name: Kreykenbohm, I.
name: Kretschmar, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A great deal of emphasis on timing in the RXTE era has been on pushing toward higher and higher frequency phenomena, particularly kHz QPOs. However, the large areas of the RXTE pointed instruments provide another capability which is key for the understanding of accreting X-ray pulsars -- the ability to accumulate high quality spectra in a limited observing time. For the accreting X-ray pulsars, with their relatively modest spin frequencies, this translates into an ability to study broad band spectra as a function of pulse phase. This is a critical tool, as pulsar spectra are strong functions of the geometry of the "accretion mound" and the observers' viewing angle to the ~10^12 G magnetic field. In particular, the appearance of "cyclotron lines" is sensitively dependent on the viewing geometry, which must change with the rotation of the star. These spectral features, seen in only a handful of objects, are quite important, as they give us our only direct measure of neutron star magnetic fields. Furthermore, they carry a great deal of information as to the geometry and physical conditions in the accretion mound. In this paper, we review the status of cyclotron line studies with the RXTE. We present an overview of phase-averaged results and give examples of observations which illustrate the power of phase-resolved spectroscopy.
description: 8 pages, 13 figures. to appear in the proceedings of "X-Ray Timing 2003: Rossi and Beyond", eds. P. Kaaret, F.K. Lamb, & J.H. Swank (Melville, NY: AIP)
Magnetic Polymer Models for Epigenetics-Driven Chromosome Folding
Creators: name: Colì, Davide
name: Michieletto, Davide
name: Marenduzzo, Davide
name: Orlandini, Enzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Epigenetics is a driving force of important and ubiquitous phenomena in nature such as cell differentiation or even metamorphosis. Oppositely to its widespread role, understanding the biophysical principles that allow epigenetics to control and rewire gene regulatory networks remains an open challenge. In this work we study the effects of epigenetic modifications on the spatial folding of chromosomes -- and hence on the expression of the underlying genes -- by mapping the problem to a class of models known as magnetic polymers. In this work we show that a first-order phase transition underlies the simultaneous spreading of certain epigenetic marks and the conformational collapse of a chromosome. Further, we describe Brownian Dynamics simulations of the model in which the topology of the polymer and thermal fluctuations are fully taken into account and that confirms our mean-field predictions. Extending our models to allow for non-equilibrium terms yields new stable phases which qualitatively agrees with observations in vivo. Our results show that statistical mechanics techniques applied to models of magnetic polymers can be successfully exploited to rationalize the outcomes of experiments designed to probe the interplay between a dynamic epigenetic landscape and chromatin organization.
description: to appear in PRE
Nomada ruficornis
Creators: name: Gérard, Maxence
name: Fiordaliso, William
name: Ferrais, Louise
name: Fournier, Chloé
name: Hairault, Malo
name: Lheureux, Lise
name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Nomada
Nomada ruficornis

description: Nomada ruficornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Conservation status
LC
description: Published as part of Gérard, Maxence, Fiordaliso, William, Ferrais, Louise, Fournier, Chloé, Hairault, Malo, Lheureux, Lise, Rosa, Paolo & Ghisbain, Guillaume, 2025, Wild bee diversity of the National Park of the Semois Valley (Belgium), pp. e 144223 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e144223, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e144223
Additional file 1 of Overcoming the language barrier: a novel curriculum for training medical students as volunteer medical interpreters
Creators: name: Carlson, Erik S
name: Barriga, Tatiana M
name: Lobo, Dale
name: Garcia, Guadalupe
name: Sanchez, Dayana
name: Fitz, Matthew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Interpreter Training Pre-Test.
The Roles of Exotic Wheat Germplasms in Wheat Breeding and Their Impacts on Wheat Production in China
Creators: name: Xiang, C.
name: Huang, J.
name: Xiang, C.
name: Huang, J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: Wheat is the second most important food crop in China. Its yield has increased significant due to modern breeding program since early 1980s. This study examines the contribution of exotic wheat germplasm to wheat varieties and production in China. Using a unique dataset on major wheat varieties adopted by farmers and their pedigree in 17 major wheat production provinces in the past three decades, the results show that exotic germplasm from CIMMYT and other countries as a whole made a significant part of wheat varieties in China. Compared with the varieties with only Chinese germplasm that have increased by 111% in 1982-2014, varieties with exotic germplasm normally had higher yield, particularly for those with both local and exotic germplasm. The econometric analysis further confirms that, compared with the varieties with Chinese germplasm only, the varieties with exotic germplasm have contributed higher yield. While additional increase in wheat yield from CIMMYT and other countries germplasm were 2% and 0.2%, respectively, in 1982-2014, their contributions to average annual actual yield were 63 kg/ha from CIMMYT and 323 kg/ha from other countries in past three decades. The paper concludes with policy implications for plant breeding and policy makers in China. Acknowledgement : This research was supported by a grant from the CGIAR Research Program on Wheat (A4031.09.25), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71333013 and 71303228), and National Platform for Sharing S&T Resources -- Crop Germplasm Resource (NICGR2017-97).
title: Investigating Teacher-Pupil Oral Communication in Mathematics at Key Stage Two
Creators: name: Bennett, Mary Kathleen
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2002

description: The dissertation sets out to investigate how teacher-pupil communication can be used to establish and build on key stage two pupils’ perceived understanding in order to enhance learning in Mathematics. Conclusions are drawn after examining lengthy discourse between one adult and nine children. After discussing facets of constructivism, the concentration is on the relationship between the use of situated cognition and an understanding of pattern in mathematics. The conclusion drawn is that a developing grasp of pattern is helpful for children whose thinking may still be of a concrete nature, in order for them then to calculate successfully in a hypothetical situation. Communication, primarily of an oral nature, is examined in order to determine how an adult in the teaching situation might enhance the understanding of that pattern, two approaches being highlighted as of particular value, the use of speculation and silence. The use of initiation, response and feedback sequences and open questioning can also be seen to be helpful in certain circumstances. The conclusion is drawn that whatever the oral technique in use, it is the teacher’s ability to listen to the child which is paramount if they are to make appropriate interactions in relation to pupil understanding.
Additional file 3 of Overcoming the language barrier: a novel curriculum for training medical students as volunteer medical interpreters
Creators: name: Carlson, Erik S
name: Barriga, Tatiana M
name: Lobo, Dale
name: Garcia, Guadalupe
name: Sanchez, Dayana
name: Fitz, Matthew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. Qualified Bilingual Staff Evaluation Form.
Andrena dorsata
Creators: name: Gérard, Maxence
name: Fiordaliso, William
name: Ferrais, Louise
name: Fournier, Chloé
name: Hairault, Malo
name: Lheureux, Lise
name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena dorsata

description: Andrena dorsata (Kirby, 1802)
Conservation status
LC
description: Published as part of Gérard, Maxence, Fiordaliso, William, Ferrais, Louise, Fournier, Chloé, Hairault, Malo, Lheureux, Lise, Rosa, Paolo & Ghisbain, Guillaume, 2025, Wild bee diversity of the National Park of the Semois Valley (Belgium), pp. e 144223 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e144223, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e144223
Quark-Mixing, CKM-Unitarity
Creators: name: Abele, Hartmut
name: Mund, Daniela
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With these proceedings, we present both a review of the experimental and theoretical information on quark-mixing with focus on the first quark generation. The papers present new findings on these topics in the context of what is known so far. Besides this, about half a dozen new neutron-decay instruments being planned or under construction are presented. Better neutron sources, in particular for high fluxes of cold and high densities of ultra-cold neutrons will boost fundamental studies in these fields. The workshop included invited talks and a panel discussion. The results of the panel discussion are published in "The European Physical Journal".
description: Proceedings of the Two-Day-Workshop "Quark-Mixing, CKM-Unitarity", September 19-20, 2002, Heidelberg, Germany
Understanding, predicting, and tuning the fragility of vitrimeric polymers
Creators: name: Ciarella, Simone
name: Biezemans, Rutger A.
name: Janssen, Liesbeth M. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fragility is an empirical property that describes how abruptly a glass-forming material solidifies upon supercooling. The degree of fragility carries important implications for the functionality and processability of a material, as well as for our fundamental understanding of the glass transition. However, the microstructural properties underlying fragility still remain poorly understood. Here, we explain the microstructure-fragility link in vitrimeric networks, a novel type of high-performance polymers with unique bond-swapping functionality and unusual glass-forming behavior. Our results are gained from coarse-grained computer simulations and first-principles Mode-Coupling Theory (MCT) of star-polymer vitrimers. We first demonstrate that the vitrimer fragility can be tuned over an unprecedentedly broad range, from fragile to strong and even superstrong behavior, by decreasing the bulk density. Remarkably, this entire phenomenology can be reproduced by microscopic MCT, thus challenging the conventional belief that existing first-principles theories cannot account for non-fragile behaviors. Our MCT analysis allows us to rationally identify the microstructural origin of the fragile-to-superstrong crossover, which is rooted in the sensitivity of the static structure factor to temperature variations. On the molecular scale, this behavior stems from a change in dominant length scales, switching from repulsive excluded-volume interactions to intrachain attractions as the vitrimer density decreases. Finally, we develop a simplified schematic MCT model which corroborates our microscopically-founded conclusions and which unites our findings with earlier MCT studies. Our work sheds new light on the elusive structure-fragility link in glass-forming matter, and provides a first-principles-based platform for designing novel amorphous materials with an on-demand dynamic response.
Pseudocollyris shooki Bi and Wiesner 2021, new species
Creators: name: Bi, Wen-Xuan
name: Wiesner, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Pseudocollyris
Pseudocollyris shooki

description: Pseudocollyris shooki Bi and Wiesner, new species
Fig. 1–5
 Type depository. Holotype female in the Insect Collection of Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China (SNUC).
 Type status. Holotype female, type labels: China, Yunnan, Yingjiang, Nabang, 950 m, 2017.VII.1, leg. Wen-Xuan Bi. Male unknown.
 Description. Size: Total length 13.76 mm (without labrum), width 3.93 mm. Head: Width 3.77 mm, 1.3 times wider than long; shining black. Mandibles black with reddish-brown inner teeth. Labrum longer than wide (1.92 × 1.88 mm) with four lateral setae; uniformly black. Labial and maxillary palpi black, distal joints apically yellowish. Antennae black, scape with dark purple reflections, first four antennomeres and basal one-third of antennomere five glabrous and shiny, rest finely and evenly pubescent. Clypeus bluish-green. Frons with antennal insertions and orbital plates bluish-violet. Genae with bluish reflections ventrally. Thorax: Pronotum distinctly longer than wide (2.95 × 2.02 mm); shining black with bluish reflections; ventrally bluish-green, shallowly transversely rugose. Elytra length 8.08 mm, as wide as head with eyes and dark brown with purple to bluish-green reflections; densely and deeply punctate except for the smooth basal edges, becoming shallower distally, basal two-thirds partially connected to form short transverse rows, each puncture annulated with fuchsia except for basal ones yellowish-green. Maculation bright, comprised of a narrow transverse central band near lateral margin, about one-sixth of elytral width, white in fresh specimen, becoming yellowish when dried and a small, distinctive apical spot of same color. Abdomen: Ventral side dark brown with coppery purple reflections. Ventrites glabrous, second to fourth ventrite dark brown with coppery purple reflections, last ventrite brownish. Legs moderately long; coxae mostly iridescent; trochanters yellowish; femora reddish-brown, apically darkened; tibiae and tarsi blackish except light brown claws.
 Distribution. Western Yunnan, China.
 Etymology. Cordially dedicated to our friend Gary Shook for our friendship and his contribution to the cicindelid fauna of China.
 Remarks. The only specimen of this species was captured by beating on broad-leaved shrubs in a shady subtropical rainforest in Western Yunnan, China. Because the appearance of this species is so similar to some Collyridini species, especially genus Neocollyris, which can also be found in the same habitat, it may be part of a mimicry complex.
description: Published as part of Bi, Wen-Xuan & Wiesner, Jürgen, 2021, A new genus and species of tiger beetle, Pseudocollyris shooki (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), from Yunnan, China, pp. 1-4 in Insecta Mundi 2021 (849) on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5041476
Gravitational Theory of Cosmology, Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters
Creators: name: Moffat, J. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A modified gravitational theory explains early universe and late time cosmology, galaxy and galaxy cluster dynamics. The modified gravity (MOG) theory extends general relativity (GR) by three extra degrees of freedom: a scalar field $G$, enhancing the strength of the Newtonian gravitational constant $G_N$, a gravitational, spin 1 vector graviton field $ϕ_μ$, and the effective mass $μ$ of the ultralight spin 1 graviton. For $t < t_{\rm rec}$, where $t_{\rm rec}$ denotes the time of recombination and re-ionization, the density of the vector graviton $ρ_ϕ> ρ_b$, where $ρ_b$ is the density of baryons, while for $t > t_{\rm rec}$ we have $ρ_b > ρ_ϕ$. The matter density is parameterized by $Ω_M=Ω_b+Ω_ϕ+Ω_r$ where $Ω_r=Ω_γ+Ω_ν$. For the cosmological parameter values obtained by the Planck Collaboration, the CMB acoustical oscillation power spectrum, polarization and lensing data can be fitted as in the $Λ$CDM model. When the baryon density $ρ_b$ dominates the late time universe, MOG explains galaxy rotation curves, the dynamics of galaxy clusters, galaxy lensing and the galaxy clusters matter power spectrum without dominant dark matter.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1409.0853, arXiv:1510.07037
Farm characteristics and perceptions regarding costs contribute to the adoption of biosecurity in Finnish pig and cattle farms
Creators: name: Niemi, Jarkko K.
name: SahlströmJonna, Leena
name: Lyytikäinen, KyyröTapani
name: Sinisalo, Alina
name: Niemi, Jarkko K.
name: SahlströmJonna, Leena
name: Lyytikäinen, KyyröTapani
name: Sinisalo, Alina
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 806
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: Livestock Biosecurity
subject: Costs Questionnaire
subject: Logistic regression
subject: Disease risk

description: The goal of this study was to estimate how the perceived costs of biosecurity measures and the characteristics of the farm and the producer influence the adoption of four biosecurity measures: (1) the use of protective clothing when entering an animal shelter and (2) the use of protective shoes when entering an animal shelter, (3) the verification of the health status of animals coming to the farm, and (4) the use of a carcass container to temporarily store dead animals at the farm. Questionnaire data from 852 Finnish livestock farms were analysed by a logistic regression model. The higher the producers perceived the cost of the biosecurity measure the less likely they were to adopt that measure. However, this response was inelastic. The results suggest that the use of biosecurity could be promoted by providing producers with economic incentives to follow stricter biosecurity policy. University education and the producer’s activity to maintain his/her professional knowledge had a positive effect on the adoption of biosecurity measures. Also factors such as the producer’s gender, farm size and production type contributed significantly to the adoption of biosecurity measures. The ongoing structural change in the livestock sector likely increases the use of biosecurity measures as larger farms were more likely to adopt biosecurity measures.
Fermion masses in SUSY SO(10) with type II seesaw: a non-minimal predictive scenario
Creators: name: Bertolini, Stefano
name: Frigerio, Michele
name: Malinsky, Michal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A predictive framework for fermion masses and mixing is given by the supersymmetric SO(10) model with one 10, one bar126, one 126 and one 210 Higgs representations, and type II seesaw dominating the neutrino mass matrix. We investigate the origin of the tension between this model and lepton mixing data and refine previous numerical analyses. We discuss an extension of the minimal model that includes one 120 Higgs chiral superfield representation. This exhausts the possible renormalizable contributions to the Yukawa sector. In spite of the increase in the number of parameters the predictivity of the minimal setting is not spoiled. We argue that the contributions to fermion masses due to the doublet components of 120 can be naturally small compared to those of 10 and 126, thus acting as a perturbation in the fermion mass generation. The antisymmetric nature of the 120 Yukawa coupling affects at leading order the determination of the mixing angles and it allows to remove the inconsistencies between predictions and data on the neutrino parameters. An improvement in the experimental bound on |Ue3| can tell this scenario from the minimal model.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures; Note and references added on new KamLAND data
The economic effects of suckling and milk feeding to calves in dual purpose dairy and beef farming
Creators: name: Asheim, Leif Jarle
name: Johnsen, Julie Føske
name: Havrevoll, Øystein
name: Mejdell, Cecilie Marie
name: Grøndahl, Ann Margaret
name: Asheim, Leif Jarle
name: Johnsen, Julie Føske
name: Havrevoll, Øystein
name: Mejdell, Cecilie Marie
name: Grøndahl, Ann Margaret
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 306
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Calf growth
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Milk ration
subject: Profitability
subject: Health
subject: Animal welfare

description: The study examines the economics of different calf rearing systems and considers effects of suckling and milk feeding on production, health and welfare of dairy cows and growth, milk and feed use, health and welfare of calves. The economics of (i) no suckling, (ii) suckling for 3 days, (iii) suckling for 7 weeks, all assuming milk or milk replacer fed until weaning at 13 weeks, was compared with (iv) suckling for 13 weeks and no milk feeding. A linear programming (LP) model, maximizing profit on a dual purpose dairy-beef farm in lowland eastern Norway, was used for the comparison. Details on calf rearing methods, labor, weaning age, intake of milk, and solid feed were gathered for a sample of organic farms and grouped according to the length of the suckling period. The data were coupled with the National Dairy Herd Recording System (NDHRS) using cross-sectional data for the years 2008–2013. The results of the model study showed that suckling up to at least 7 weeks and longer than on most farms in the survey, had a positive influence on the farm economics. This was due to the positive influence on calf growth and health as well as lowered costs. Consequently, dual purpose dairy-beef farmers should be careful to sacrifice calf suckling and restrict calf milk feeding. Long suckling until weaning at 13 weeks was, however, unprofitable.
Anything left for animal disease insurance? A choice experiment approach
Creators: name: Heikkilä, Jaakko
name: Niemi, Jarkko K.
name: Heinola, Katriina
name: Liski, Eero
name: Myyrä, Sami
name: Heikkilä, Jaakko
name: Niemi, Jarkko K.
name: Heinola, Katriina
name: Liski, Eero
name: Myyrä, Sami
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 707
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Insurance
subject: Animal disease
subject: Choice experiment
subject: Questionnaire
subject: Latent class

description: Animal disease insurance plays only a minor role in public activities related to animal diseases in animal production in Europe, and the current situation is likely to persist as long as producers place strong faith on public compensation schemes. In this study, we undertook a farm survey in Finland employing a choice experiment to study the willingness to pay for animal disease insurance products. We found that producers’ willingness to pay for animal disease insurance is relatively low, even if consequential losses are covered. However, attributes of the insurance products which increased the likelihood of the producer wishing to purchase the product in a statistically significant manner were identified. The most important attribute was a low deductible. Using latent class analysis, four classes of producers were identified, those who were (1) not interested, (2) weakly interested or (3) strongly interested in insurance, and additionally, (4) a group who emphasised biosecurity measures but was not willing to purchase insurance. Those primarily interested in insurance were typically young, well-educated producers from large farms, and they already had a good level of biosecurity on their farms. However, the majority of the respondents preferred not to purchase insurance. The analysis suggests that commercial production animal disease insurance may need to be subsidised or otherwise made more attractive to producers, and even so, many producers might consider it unnecessary.
The feasibility and relevance of a community-based energy autonomy: physical, social and institutional factors
Creators: name: Callois, Jean-Marc
name: Tivadar, Mihai
name: Sion, Baptiste
name: Callois, Jean-Marc
name: Tivadar, Mihai
name: Sion, Baptiste
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 401
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Bioeconomy
subject: Energy autonomy
subject: Renewable energy
subject: Regional development

description: The issue of a community-based energy autonomy is increasingly present in policy discourses. Such initiatives are supposed to reduce carbon footprint, while lowering dependence on external energy and creating new jobs. However, it is not clear whether such initiatives are efficient or even feasible on a large scale. This article examines the different factors that need to be taken into account, from the physical resources for renewable energy to the social and institutional factors (such as the intensity of social life or political cooperation). This article attempts to fill the gap in the literature on the role of nonmarket factors in regional development and the flourishing literature on renewable energy. By examining the physical distribution of resources in France, we show that there are many different pathways for increasing energy autonomy. Only a limited part of the French territory can achieve true autonomy, and this could be detrimental to industrial development. Thus, there should be a close coordination between national, regional and local levels of the administration. In order to examine the role of social and institutional factors on community-based energy autonomy initiatives, we performed an econometric analysis on the results of a national program aiming at fostering them. The results suggest a significant role for these factors in the emergence of these initiatives, which implies that policy instruments should take them into account.
Finite dimensional motives and the Conjectures of Beilinson and Murre
Creators: name: Guletskii, Vladimir
name: Pedrini, Claudio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We relate the notion of finite dimensionality of the Chow motive M(X) of a smooth projective variety X (as defined by S. Kimura) with the Conjectures of Beilinson, Bloch and Murre on the existence of a filtration on the Chow ring CH(X). We show (Theorem 14) that finite dimensionality of M(X) implies uniqueness, up to isomorphism, of Murre's decomposition of M(X). Conversely (Theorem 17), Murre's Conjecture for a suitable m-fold product of X by itself implies finite dimensionality of M(X). We also show (Theorem 27) that, for a surface X with trivial geometrical genus, the motive M(X) is finite dimensional if and only if the Chow group of 0-cycles of X is finite dimensional in the sense of Mumford, i.e. iff the Bloch Conjecture holds for X.
description: 23 pages