cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evaluation principles in Landscape Projects
Creators: name: Miccoli, Saverio
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: Landscape is a crucial component of the world heri- tage. Landscape projects play a vital role in the development of sustainable scenarios. The assessment of a project plays a dual role: it is a procedure to pass judgements on both “values” and “choices”. From a strictly economic perspective, the community’s appreciation of Landscape Projects may be ascertained through its “total economic value”. The value of a Landscape Project may be ascertained also through a multidimensional approach, based on the analysis of different project attributes whose outcome is calculated in non-monetary terms. This paper illustrates the cultural foundations and theoretical-methodological principles to assess Landscape Projects.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 61 (2012)
When possibility dominates probability. Global pressures on a local border town: the real estate market of Ortigia
Creators: name: Giuffrida, Salvatore
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: The real estate market is a highly communicative human and social place in which individual creativity interacts with the urban structure. The rising tendency of the property value and quality stimulates global investors to demand more and more qualified assets. This process involves the public administration, whose policies should focus on the acquisition, for the community’s benefit, of a significant part of the surplus of the real estate investments. The appraisal point of view, and particularly the income method, focuses on the capability of the cap rate to represent and integrate the private possibilities with the public perspectives. The outline of the real estate market of Ortigia shows some characters of the capital goods, whose value can be figured out by crossing the theory of the capital and the income method.
description: Aestimum, Aestimum 61 (2012)
Terawatt-level few-cycle mid-IR pulses through nonlinear self-compression in bulk
Creators: name: Shumakova, V.
name: Malevich, P.
name: Ališauskas, S.
name: Zheltikov, A. Voronin A. M.
name: Faccio, D.
name: Kartashov, D.
name: Baltuška, A.
name: Pugžlys, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The physics of strong-field applications requires driver laser pulses that are both energetic and extremely short. Whereas optical amplifiers, laser and parametric, boost the energy, their gain bandwidth restricts the attainable pulse duration, requiring additional nonlinear spectral broadening to enable few or even single cycle compression and a corresponding peak power increase. In the mid-IR wavelength range that is critically important for scaling the ponderomotive energy in strong-field interactions, we demonstrate a remarkably simple energy-efficient and scalable soliton-like pulse compression in a mm-long YAG crystal with no additional dispersion management. Sub-three-cycle pulses with >0.65 TW peak power are compressed and extracted before the onset of modulation instability and multiple filamentation as a result of a favorable interplay between strong anomalous dispersion and optical nonlinearity around the wavelength of 3900 nm. As a striking manifestation of the increased peak power, we show the evidence of mid-infrared pulse filamentation in atmospheric air.
Regular Black Holes: Towards a New Paradigm of Gravitational Collapse
Creators: name: Bambi, Cosimo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Black holes are one of the most fascinating predictions of general relativity. They are the natural product of the complete gravitational collapse of matter and today we have a body of observational evidence supporting the existence of black holes in the Universe. However, general relativity predicts that at the center of black holes there are spacetime singularities, where predictability is lost and standard physics breaks down. It is widely believed that spacetime singularities are a symptom of the limitations of general relativity and must be solved within a theory of quantum gravity. Since we do not have yet any mature and reliable candidate for a quantum gravity theory, researchers have studied toy-models of singularity-free black holes and of singularity-free gravitational collapses in order to explore possible implications of the yet unknown theory of quantum gravity. This book reviews all main models of regular black holes and non-singular gravitational collapses proposed in the literature, and discuss the theoretical and observational implications of these scenarios.
description: 4 pages, no figures. Preface and table of contents of the book "Regular Black Holes: Towards a New Paradigm of Gravitational Collapse" (Springer Singapore, 2023). ISBN: 978-981-99-1595-8 (Hardcover), 978-981-99-1596-5 (eBook)
Baby’s New Words
Creators: name: Tsui, Rachel
name: Byers-Heinlein, Krista
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Developmental Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This is a longitudinal monthly-CDI study of French-English bilingual infants’ productive vocabulary development from 16-30 months.
Simulating housing prices in Lyon with UrbanSim: Predictive capacity and sensitivity analysis
Creators: name: Kryvobokov, Marko
name: Mercier, Aurélie
name: Bonnafous, Alain
name: Bouf, Dominique
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: Housing prices in the Lyon Urban Area are simulated with the land use framework UrbanSim interacting with transportation model. We focus on the Real Estate Price Model of the UrbanSim framework. This OLS regression model of housing prices is calibrated using a nine-year back-casting period. The calibrated model, applied in simulation, provides price dynamics similar to actual one in the centre of Lyon. Sensitivity analysis demonstrates the model’s ability to capture changes in employment accessibility on price dynamics. We conclude that the calibrated residential Real Estate Price Model from the UrbanSim application in Lyon is sensitive to changes in accessibility and provides good predictive capacity in the city centre, but underestimates prices in other areas.
description: Aestimum, XLI Meetings Proceedings (Rome)
Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines
Creators: name: Smith, Sidney C., Jr.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2004

description: The Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) of the National Cholesterol Education Program issued an evidence-based set of guidelines on cholesterol management in 2001. Since the publication of ATP III, 5 major clinical trials of statin therapy with clinical end points have been published. These trials addressed issues that were not examined in previous clinical trials of cholesterol-lowering therapy. The present document reviews the results of these recent trials and assesses their implications for cholesterol management. Therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) remain an essential modality in clinical management. The trials confirm the benefit of cholesterol-lowering therapy in high-risk patients and support the ATP III treatment goal of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) less than 100 mg/dL. They support the inclusion of patients with diabetes in the high-risk category and confirm the benefits of LDL-lowering therapy in these patients. They further confirm that older persons benefit from therapeutic lowering of LDL-C. The major recommendations for modifications to footnote the ATP III treatment algorithm are the following. In high-risk persons, the recommended LDL-C goal is less than 100 mg/dL, but when risk is very high, an LDL-C goal of less than 70 mg/dL is a therapeutic option, ie, a reasonable clinical strategy, on the basis of available clinical trial evidence. This therapeutic option extends also to patients at very high risk who have a baseline LDL-C less than 100 mg/dL. Moreover, when a high-risk patient has high triglycerides or low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), consideration can be given to combining a fibrate or nicotinic acid with an LDL-lowering drug. For moderately high-risk persons (2+ risk factors and 10-year risk 10% to 20%), the recommended LDL-C goal is less than 130 mg/dL, but an LDL-C goal less than 100 mg/dL is a therapeutic option on the basis of recent trial evidence. The latter option extends also to moderately high-risk persons with a baseline LDL-C of 100 to 129 mg/dL. When LDL-lowering drug therapy is employed in high-risk or moderately high-risk persons, it is advised that intensity of therapy be sufficient to achieve at least a 30% to 40% reduction in LDL-C levels. Moreover, any person at high risk or moderately high risk who has lifestyle-related risk factors (eg, obesity, physical inactivity, elevated triglycerides, low HDL-C, or metabolic syndrome) is a candidate for TLC to modify these risk factors regardless of LDL-C level. Finally, for people in lower-risk categories, recent clinical trials do not modify the goals and cutpoints of therapy.
The real estate market as the foundation of the value and forecast as a purpose: trend and real estate cycles
Creators: name: Rosasco, Paolo
name: Sdino, Leopoldo
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: The purpose of this project is that of inquiring around the relations existing among the main variables characterizing the Genovese residential real estate market which determine their performance in time through the data analysis of the two observers of the real estate market: ASSIMIL and OMI. The analysis has developed on five selected market homogeneous areas within the territory of the town of Genoa. The aim is that to test whether it’s possible or not to recognize a cyclical of values in time and how they appear by using two different sources of data. The correct forecast of the real estate market is, in fact, strategic for the valuation of the feasibility of interventions and for the construction of reliable real estate investment scenarios.
description: Aestimum, XLI Meetings Proceedings (Rome)
A note on "The Klein-Gordon oscillator in (1+2)-dimensions Gürses space-time backgrounds (Ann. Phys. (N. Y.) 404 (2019) 1)"
Creators: name: Mustafa, Omar.
name: Ahmed, Faizuddin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We revisit and discuss the KG-oscillator in the $(1+2)$-dimensional Gürses space-time studied in (F. Ahmed, Ann. Phys. (N. Y.) 404 (2019) 1). The modified oscillator frequency {\it i.e.,} $\tildeω^{2}=(Ω^{2}\,E^{2}+η^{2})$ appeared in the eigenvalue equation is an energy-dependent parameter, and consequently, the results are accurately reported here. Moreover, we show some interesting spectroscopic features indulged within the very nature of Gürses space-time for the KG-Gürses oscillators.
description: 4 pages
Standard 1D solar atmosphere as initial condition for MHD simulations and switch-on effects
Creators: name: Bourdin, Philippe-A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many applications in Solar physics need a 1D atmospheric model as initial condition or as reference for inversions of observational data. The VAL atmospheric models are based on observations and are widely used since decades. Complementary to that, the FAL models implement radiative hydrodynamics and showed the shortcomings of the VAL models since almost equally long time. In this work, we present a new 1D layered atmosphere that spans not only from the photosphere to the transition region, but from the solar interior up to far in the corona. We also discuss typical mistakes that are done when switching on simulations based on such an initial condition and show how the initial condition can be equilibrated so that a simulation can start smoothly. The 1D atmosphere we present here served well as initial condition for HD and MHD simulations and should also be considered as reference data for solving inverse problems.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures, published version
Real estate function impact on its value exemplified by the city of Gdańsk
Creators: name: Wojewnik-Filipkowska, Anna
name: Rymarzak, Małgorzata
name: Trojanowski, Dariusz
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: Spatial planning is connected with speculations in real estate market, which deepens the process of urban sprawl. Adequate land management supporting free market – both investment decision of businesses and location decisions of households – is necessary if amorphous city growth is to be prevented. A change, or even information about change in the local plan determines decisions in the real estate market. On the basis of the studies conducted it can be said that the factor causing the greatest value increment is the possibility of development. To assess the possible success of investment projects and the value of real estate it is important to identify the changes that have been occurring in the growth of urban areas and their suburban expansion; whether they follow a certain pattern and whether it is possible to foresee them. The article presents city growth stages and models as well as selected concepts of sustainable growth as a response to the adverse process of suburbanisation.
description: Aestimum, XLI Meetings Proceedings (Rome)
Understanding the implementation of telepractice in speech and language services for children and adults using a mixed-methods approach
Creators: name: Shankar, Varsha
name: Ramkumar, Vidya
name: Kumar, Shuba
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Health Information Technology
subject: Communication
subject: Science and Technology Studies
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Arts and Humanities
subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Communication sciences
subject: language pathology
subject: speech
subject: Telepractice

description: This mixed-methods study aimed to identify implementation factors that influence the provision of telepractice in speech language pathology (SLP) services. Method: A mixed-methods study consisting of a scoping review and semi-structured interviews (SSI) was carried out. Articles that described telepractice in SLP were included based on an operational definition of implementation and a set of inclusion criteria. Results: Data was extracted from 11 studies that were mapped to nine projects in telepractice in SLP. The broad focus areas identified included diagnostics and evaluation, therapeutics and comprehensive assessment, management and follow-up care services. Synchronous/ real-time telepractice methods were always used for the provision of diagnostic testing or when providing therapy services using video conferencing. The ‘professional-facilitator-patient’ model was used most commonly followed by the ‘professional-patient’ model. Barriers for long-term sustainability included inadequate initial capital investment, lack of reimbursement and payment options, low internet speed and bandwidth, resistance and hesitancy to use telepractice from the patient’s end, lack of organizational policies and uniform regulations. Sustainable source of funding, having a dedicated team of professionals and technicians with clear roles and responsibilities, and inclusion of systematic planning facilitated implementation. Conclusion: In general, telepractice in SLP was not explicitly guided by implementation science or framework. The use of implementation frameworks ensures systematic planning and feasibility assessment to inform the scale-up of implementation. Therefore, it would be worthwhile for program implementers to consider these aspects when exploring telepractice services.
Calculating Greene's function via root polytopes and subdivision algebras
Creators: name: Meszaros, Karola
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Greene's rational function $Ψ_P({\bf x})$ is a sum of certain rational functions in ${\bf x}=(x_1, \ldots, x_n)$ over the linear extensions of the poset $P$ (which has $n$ elements), which he introduced in his study of the Murnaghan-Nakayama formula for the characters of the symmetric group. In recent work Boussicault, Féray, Lascoux and Reiner showed that $Ψ_P({\bf x})$ equals a valuation on a cone and calculated $Ψ_P({\bf x})$ for several posets this way. In this paper we give an expression for $Ψ_P({\bf x})$ for any poset $P$. We obtain such a formula using dissections of root polytopes. Moreover, we use the subdivision algebra of root polytopes to show that in certain instances $Ψ_P({\bf x})$ can be expressed as a product formula, thus giving a compact alternative proof of Greene's original result and its generalizations.
The Clinical Use of Voice Measurement in Heart Failure, Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Scoping Review Protocol
Creators: name: Erba, Ilaria
name: Matarese, Maria
name: Ercole, Vellone
name: Ausili, Davide
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Diseases
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

description: This is the protocol of a scoping review titled The Clinical Use of Voice Measurement in Heart Failure, Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Scoping Review Protocol. The aim is describe the clinical use of the measurement of voice parameters in patients affected by Heart Failure (HF), Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmunary Disease (COPD).
title: Intermediary Market Power and Capital Constraints
Creators: name: Allen, Jason
name: Wittwer, Milena
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2023

description: We examine how intermediary capitalization affects asset prices in a framework that allows for intermediary market power. We introduce a model in which capital-constrained intermediaries buy or trade an asset in an imperfectly competitive market, and we show that weaker capital constraints lead to both higher prices and intermediary markups. In exchange markets, this results in reduced market liquidity, while in primary markets it leads to higher auction revenues at an implicit cost of larger price distortion. Using data from Canadian Treasury auctions, we demonstrate how our framework can quantify these effects by linking asset demand to individual intermediaries’ balance sheet information.
description: Nous examinons comment les capitaux détenus par des intermédiaires influent sur les prix des actifs dans un contexte où ces acteurs ont un pouvoir de marché. Nous présentons un modèle dans lequel des intermédiaires ayant des contraintes de capitaux achètent ou négocient un actif sur un marché de concurrence imparfaite. Nous montrons que de faibles contraintes de capitaux engendrent une hausse des prix ainsi que des marges bénéficiaires plus grandes pour les intermédiaires. Sur les marchés boursiers, cette situation entraîne une baisse de la liquidité, tandis que sur les marchés primaires, elle occasionne une augmentation des revenus des adjudications au coût implicite d’une distorsion plus grande des prix. Au moyen de données tirées des adjudications de titres du Trésor canadien, nous démontrons comment notre modèle réussit à quantifier ces effets en reliant la demande d’actifs aux bilans des intermédiaires.
Libraries on the frontlines: Neutrality and social justice
Creators: name: Lee, Shari
name: Cooke, Nicole
name: Gibson, Amelia
name: Shorish, Yasmeen
name: Chancellor, Renate
name: Park Dahlen, Sarah
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine libraries’ responsibility to engage with and support communities of color as they challenge systemic racism, engage in the political process, and exercise their right to free speech. Many libraries have ignored the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, citing the need to maintain neutrality. Despite extensive scholarship questioning the validity of this concept, the framing of library neutrality as nonpartisanship continues. This paper examines librarianship’s engagement with, and disengagement from black communities through the lens of the BLM movement. It also explores the implications of education, engagement, and activism for people of color and libraries today.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors have engaged the topic from a critical race perspective as a practice in exercising voice – telling stories, presenting counterstories, and practicing advocacy (Ladson-Billings, 1998).

Findings
The assertion that libraries have been socially and politically neutral organizations is ahistorical. When libraries decide not to address issues relevant to people of color, they are not embodying neutrality; they are actively electing not to support the information and service needs of a service population. In order for libraries to live up to their core values, they must engage actively with communities, especially when those communities are in crisis.

Originality/value
As a service field, librarianship has an ethos, values, and history that parallel those of many other service fields. This paper has implications for developing understanding of questions about equitable service provision.
Housing Market Information in CEE countries
Creators: name: Ivanicka, Koloman
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: The paper aims to show how the historical development of CEE countries and their institutional framework has influenced the quality of information on housing markets. Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) have undergone the serious economic and institutional transformation. The functioning of the residential sector was changed by introducing the new institutions, regulations, housing finance institutions and internet. The newly established residential markets, the actors operating on these markets, and the governments (both national as well as EU) have generated the demand for better information. This was partially fulfilled, yet the quality of the information on the residential markets is still lagging behind the developed Western economies. Moreover there is clear lack of the historical market data, which make the decision making regarding the regulation of the markets and the mortgage provision more risky. The global economic crisis has uncovered the economic vulnerabilities of the CEE and their residential markets. At the same time the crisis created the serious pressure for more responsible investments and higher efficiency, and the triggered demand for higher quality and more comprehensive information on the residential markets.
description: Aestimum, XLI Meetings Proceedings (Rome)
Models and Potentials in Hadron Spectroscopy
Creators: name: M, Sreelakshmi
name: Ranjan, Akhilesh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the past twenty years, hadron spectroscopy has made immense progress. Experimental facilities have observed different multiquark states during these years. There are different models and phenomenological potentials to study the nature of interquark interaction. In this work, we have reviewed different quark potentials and models used in hadron spectroscopy.
description: 35 pages, 1 figure
Effectiveness-based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women - 2011 Update: A guideline from the American Heart Association
Creators: name: Smith, Sidney C., Jr.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: "Substantial progress has been made in the awareness, treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women since the first women-specific clinical recommendations for the prevention of CVD were published by the American Heart Association (AHA) in 1999 (1). The myth that heart disease is a “man's disease” has been debunked; the rate of public awareness of CVD as the leading cause of death among U.S. women has increased from 30% in 1997 to 54% in 2009 (2). The age-adjusted death rate resulting from coronary heart disease (CHD) in females, which accounts for about half of all CVD deaths in women, was 95.7 per 100,000 females in 2007, a third of what it was in 1980 (3,4). Approximately 50% of this decline in CHD deaths has been attributed to reducing major risk factors and the other half to treatment of CHD including secondary preventive therapies (4). Major randomized controlled clinical trials such as the Women's Health Initiative have changed the practice of CVD prevention in women over the past decade (5). The investment in combating this major public health issue for women has been significant, as have the scientific and medical achievements. Despite the gains that have been made, considerable challenges remain. In 2007, CVD still caused ≈1 death per minute among women in the United States (6). These represent 421,918 deaths, more women's lives than were claimed by cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, Alzheimer disease, and accidents combined (6). Reversing a trend of the past 4 decades, CHD death rates in U.S. women 35 to 54 years of age now actually appear to be increasing, likely because of the effects of the obesity epidemic (4). CVD rates in the United States are significantly higher for black females compared with their white counterparts (286.1/100,000 versus 205.7/100,000). This disparity parallels the substantially lower rate of awareness of heart disease and stroke that has been documented among black versus white women (2,6–8). Of concern is that in a recent AHA national survey, only 53% of women said the first thing they would do if they thought they were having a heart attack was to call 9-1-1. This distressing lack of appreciation by many women for the need for emergency care for acute cardiovascular events is a barrier to optimal survival among women and underscores the need for educational campaigns targeted to women (2)."
National farm assurance scheme demonstrates welfare outcome improvements for sustainable intensification of dairy production
Creators: name: Mullan, Siobhan
name: Wiltshire, Philippa
name: Cross, Kate
name: Main, David CJ
name: Still, Kate
name: Crawley, Madeleine
name: Dowsey, Andrew W.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Animal welfare is a key pillar of sustainability in livestock farming but can be challenging to deliver improvements when productivity is high. In October 2013, the Red Tractor UK national dairy assurance scheme introduced welfare outcome monitoring on its 11,500 farms, covering 95% of UK milk produced. Here we show that 98 farm assurance assessors achieved high levels of agreement with a gold standard and report data they collected for three years from 248,689 cows, typically 10 cows per farm, during 19,899 audits. Between 2013 and 2014, and 2015 and 2016, the estimated national prevalence fell significantly for lameness (from 10.0% to 7.9%), dirtiness (from 12.4% to 9.2%), ‘hairloss, lesions and swellings’ (from 9.3% to 6.5%), and fat cows (from 2.4% to 1.9%). This occurred at a time when milk yield per cow increased. We have demonstrated an effective implementation strategy suitable for uptake internationally to align with societal sustainability goals.
The Meta-Analytic Rain Cloud Plot: A New Approach to Visualizing Clearinghouse Data
Creators: name: Fitzgerald, Kaitlyn
name: Tipton, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Statistics
subject: Education
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
subject: clearinghouse data
subject: data visualization
subject: meta-analysis
subject: statistical cognition
subject: translation science

description: The goal of this study is to generate the first empirical evidence regarding education practitioners’ meta-analytic reasoning skills and the effectiveness of certain visualizations in communicating meta-analytic findings to lay audiences.
The local property taxes and municipal federalism. Current and future inequity condition of Italian Property Taxation
Creators: name: Argiolas, Michele
name: Cabiddu, Giampietro
name: Corsi, Stefano
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: The main purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare the current local tax on real estate and the future and assessing criticality. The tax base is calculated by applying calculation methods that differ depending on the type of property you must tax. For buildings used for residential, the tax base is calculated on the basis of the cadastral income; in the case of building land is rather used the market value of land and buildings and, for rent, rural manor. The land property values are always lower than market values, which is because some time trying to implement a revision of the class with the objective of bringing the two values. The reclass procedure has recently been adopted in the municipality of Milano where it was decided to reclass of buildings located within a few micro-climates for the most central, in which houses were originally built affordable housing to meet the housing needs of the social classes poor and that over time turned into mansions in the city center. From 1 January 2012, the Imu will come into force, only municipal tax, which replaces the current Ici; the two taxes differ in the higher fixed rate (7.6 ‰), which does not involve substantial modifications to the old system tax. In this way, the result will be to produce an increase in the tax burden without solving the inequalities of the old system but increasing the gap. The Implementation Act contains provisions which IMU when applied to allow municipalities to solve some problems present in the Ici.
description: Aestimum, XLI Meetings Proceedings (Rome)
Regge Trajectories of Tetraquarks and Pentaquarks with Massive Quarks in the Flux Tube Model
Creators: name: G, Sindhu D
name: Ranjan, Akhilesh
name: Nandan, Hemwati
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In recent years, many tetraquarks and pentaquarks have been discovered by various experimental groups and X(3872), Zc(3900), X(4430), P + c (4312), P + c (4457) are some of the interesting observed tetraquark and pentaquark states. The Regge trajectories of some such states are studied in view of the flux tube model of hadrons with finite quark masses. The effect of flux tube (or string) length variation on the Regge trajectories of these sates is analysed in detail. It is observed that for a fixed angular momentum, the string length has a constant value. Some other states are also proposed and the results obtained are then compared with the studies by others. Our findings correspond rather well with those of other researchers and with those of the experiment.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures, Published in IJMPA
NetClone: Fast, Scalable, and Dynamic Request Cloning for Microsecond-Scale RPCs
Creators: name: Kim, Gyuyeong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Spawning duplicate requests, called cloning, is a powerful technique to reduce tail latency by masking service-time variability. However, traditional client-based cloning is static and harmful to performance under high load, while a recent coordinator-based approach is slow and not scalable. Both approaches are insufficient to serve modern microsecond-scale Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs). To this end, we present NetClone, a request cloning system that performs cloning decisions dynamically within nanoseconds at scale. Rather than the client or the coordinator, NetClone performs request cloning in the network switch by leveraging the capability of programmable switch ASICs. Specifically, NetClone replicates requests based on server states and blocks redundant responses using request fingerprints in the switch data plane. To realize the idea while satisfying the strict hardware constraints, we address several technical challenges when designing a custom switch data plane. NetClone can be integrated with emerging in-network request schedulers like RackSched. We implement a NetClone prototype with an Intel Tofino switch and a cluster of commodity servers. Our experimental results show that NetClone can improve the tail latency of microsecond-scale RPCs for synthetic and real-world application workloads and is robust to various system conditions.
description: 13 pages, ACM SIGCOMM 2023
Leveraging GIS to Enhance Real Estate and Urban Areas performance
Creators: name: Poletti, Angela
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: The contribution highlights the need for the connection between urban transformation assessment and real estate assessment, noting that there is a mutual influence (now rarely seen) between the parameters involved. For this purpose GIS serves as a tool by which to achieve this liaison. The list of applications for real estate conducted through the use of GIS, its strengths and weaknesses and fields in which applications are still pioneers, argues in favor of the hypothesis outlined and give to the assessor a key role in its implementation.
description: Aestimum, XLI Meetings Proceedings (Rome)
Evaluation process and problemsolving
Creators: name: Martino, Gaetano
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: The paper aims at investigating some aspects of the evalutation process under the perspective of the problem solving approach. Firstly, the basic sketch of the evaluation process is summarized and it is pointed out its relationship with the institutional dimensions (Vat, 2009, 2004). Then the characteristics of the evaluation process as a problem-solving activity are presented and discussed in terms of identification of problem domain and problem types. Three proposition are then drawn from this framework a discussed. Preliminary conclusions are proposed.
description: Aestimum, XLI Meetings Proceedings (Rome)
The Discipline of Appraisal in Italy in the last Half –Century
Creators: name: Orefice, Marcello
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: The author pauses to found the changes and the essentially methodological choice that, for the evaluation rules - and, in particular, for the training of engineers and architects - has become possible in last decades of the 20th century. Thanks to the use of widespread computer systems and reticular technique direct to the specifications and evaluations it is possible to direct the preferences to the analytical methods of evaluation, that have become more safe and reliable. The inquiry also includes a significant number of examples of experiences that were unusual until now and instead now are fields of observations and forecasts of considerable interest, in particular for the specialization of engineers and architects.
description: Aestimum, XLI Meetings Proceedings (Rome)
Pain as Social glue: A Preregistered Replication of Experiment 2 of Bastian et al. (2014)
Creators: name: Prochazka, Jakub
name: Rudolf, Patrik
name: Parilakova, Katarina
name: Bruk, Vojtech
name: Jungwirthova, Rut
name: Fejtova, Sara
name: Masaryk, Radomír
name: Vaculik, Martin
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Behavioral Economics
subject: Economics
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This is the final registration for a study entitled "Pain as Social glue: A Preregistered Replication of Experiment 2 of Bastian et al. (2014)" which was accepted by Psychological Science journal. The registration contains the data and materials from the experiments. The study consists of two replications of the experiment - the first was a non-preregistered pilot study (N = 153 students from Czech Republic) and the second was a preregistered replication (N = 158 students from Slovakia). Important deviations from the original procedure were the balancing of gender homogeneity of the small groups across the experimental conditions and fixing the number of participants in each small group at 3.
Modelling radial transport in the mag- netospheres of Jupiter and Saturn and its coupling to planetary rotation
Creators: name: Devinat Marie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: The configuration and dynamics of planetary magnetospheres are controlled by the interplay of their interaction with the Solar Wind and of their coupling to planetary rotation. While solar wind coupling is generally dominant at Earth, planetary rotation dominates at Jupiter, and Saturn offers an intermediate case, ideal to study the two phenomena. At both planets, moons are the main source of the plasma that populates their magnetospheres: mainly Io at Jupiter, mainly Enceladus at Saturn, with more minor contributions from the other moons.
 The mechanisms by which these moon-associated plasma sources populate the whole magnetosphere involve a broad spectrum of plasma motions and magnetic flux tube exchanges, from large-scale plasma circulation in the magnetospheric cavities to small-scale flux-tube interchanges. These motions are coupled to the rotation of these planets via electric current systems originating in the magnetospheric equatorial plane and closing into the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. Models of the net effects of these different mechanisms on the radial transport of plasma are needed to adequately reproduce the observed populations of electrons and ions in the magnetospheres of giant planets, and to establish the net budgets of exchange of plasma, energy and angular momentum between moons, magnetospheres and their host planet.
 During this Master's internship we study the physical laws governing the radial and longitudinal transport of plasma in the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, considering the coupling of this transport to their upper atmosphere and magnetosphere. He/she will rely on measurements of the electric currents and electric fields produced by this coupling performed by NASA’s Juno mission at Jupiter and NASA’s Cassini mission at Saturn. With these inputs we develop a simplified model of the average radial transport of plasma and angular momentum in the magnetospheres of the two planets that can reproduce the observations currently available and guide future observations.
Stringent Statistical Fluctuation Analysis for Quantum Key Distribution Considering After-pulse Contributions
Creators: name: Li, Hongxin
name: Jiang, Haodong
name: Gao, Ming
name: Ma, Zhi
name: Ma, Chuangui
name: Wang, Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Statistical fluctuation problems are faced by all quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols under finite-key condition. Most of the current statistical fluctuation analysis methods work based on independent random samples, however, the precondition cannot be always satisfied on account of different choice of samples and actual parameters. As a result, proper statistical fluctuation methods are required to figure out this problem. Taking the after-pulse contributions into consideration, we give the expression of secure key rate and the mathematical model for statistical fluctuations, focusing on a decoy-state QKD protocol (Sci Rep. 3, 2453, 2013) with biased basis choice. On this basis, a classified analysis of statistical fluctuation is represented according to the mutual relationship between random samples. First for independent identical relations, we make a deviation comparison between law of large numbers and standard error analysis. Secondly, we give a sufficient condition that Chernoff bound achieves a better result than Hoeffding's inequality based on independent relations only. Thirdly, by constructing the proper martingale, for the first time we represent a stringent way to deal with statistical fluctuation issues upon dependent ones through making use of Azuma's inequality. In numerical optimization, we show the impact on secure key rate, the ones and respective deviations under various kinds of statistical fluctuation analyses.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
Economic scenarios for the real estate market: Incorporating uncertainty and risk in real estate appraisals
Creators: name: Lausberg, Carsten
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: Real estate appraisal is usually regarded as both a science and an art: “science” because the appraiser uses mathematical calculations and other objective elements, “art” because he also uses his experience and other subjective elements. This dual character requires—among others—that new insights from other disciplines and current trends are taken into account. The central proposition of the article is that this requirement is not met. The author provides evidence that real estate risk management has made tremendous progress since the mid-1990s which has not found its way into appraisal practice, thereby creating a situation where appraisals by risk analysts differ greatly from appraisals by real estate appraisers. According to the author the gap between real estate appraisal and risk analysis should be closed from both sides. The article begins with an overview of the most important trends which will impact real estate values in the future. From these trends, an exemplary economic scenario for European real estate markets is derived in order to demonstrate that scenario writing is a powerful tool for risk management. After that the author discusses some other methods of risk management and their potential benefits for real estate appraisal.
description: Aestimum, XLI Meetings Proceedings (Rome)
Evaluation principles in Landscape Projects
Creators: name: Miccoli, Saverio
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2013

description: Landscape is a crucial component of the world heritage. Landscape projects play a vital role in the development of sustainable scenarios. The assessment of a project plays a dual role: it is a procedure to pass judgements on both “values” and “choices”. From a strictly economic perspective, the community’s appreciation of Landscape Projects may be ascertained through its “total economic value”. The value of a Landscape Project may be ascertained also through a multidimensional approach, based on the analysis of different project attributes whose outcome is calculated in non-monetary terms. This paper illustrates the cultural foundations and theoretical-methodological principles to assess Landscape Projects.
description: Aestimum, XLI Meetings Proceedings (Rome)
Adoption of sustainable agricultural technologies for vegetable production in rural Tanzania: trade-offs, complementarities and diffusion
Creators: name: Ochieng, Justus
name: Afari-Sefa, Victor
name: Muthoni, Francis
name: Kansiime, Monica
name: Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard
name: Bekunda, Mateete
name: Thomas, Dubois
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Sustainable agricultural technologies have impacted positively on staple crop yields in Asia and some parts of Sub-Sahara Africa. However, the adoption of similar technologies in vegetable subsector is still low among small-scale farmers in Tanzania. Several efforts aimed at promoting the adoption of the technologies such as improved vegetable varieties, mineral fertilizers, manure and pest management practices to raise output, have not yielded the desired impacts. We examine dynamics of farmers’ adoption of these technologies and the factors influencing technology choice. We also predict the peak level and speed of adoption of these sustainable technologies. Findings show that complementarities exist among improved varieties, fertilizers and pest management practices, while tradeoffs exist between manure and mineral fertilizers. These complementarities and tradeoffs should be sufficiently exploited for farmers to adopt technologies that are suited for their specific circumstances. Better knowledge, access to credit, group membership, farmer participation in demonstration trials, and, more substantial livestock holdings drive technology adoption decision. Technologies have different peak levels of adoption, which are reached at different time intervals. The policy option is to strengthen collaborative efforts to scale out sustainable agricultural technologies to respond to the increasing demand for nutrient-dense vegetables for income, food and nutrition security.
Regularization of Kerr-NUT spacetimes and their thermodynamical quantities
Creators: name: Nashed, G. G. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the context of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity (TEGR) theory, continues calculations of the total energy and momentum for Kerr-NUT spacetimes using three different methods, the gravitational energy-momentum, the Riemannian connection 1-form, ${\widetildeΓ_α}^β$ and the Euclidean continuation method, have been achieved. Many local Lorentz transformations, that play the role of regularizing tool, are given to get the commonly known form of energy and momentum. We calculate the thermodynamic quantities of Kerr-NUT spacetime. We also investigate the first law of thermodynamics and quantum statistical relation.
description: 21 pages Latex. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1002.3581 by other authors; text overlap with arXiv:1005.4169 by other authors
Super-resolution photoacoustic fluctuation imaging with multiple speckle illumination
Creators: name: Chaigne, Thomas
name: Gateau, Jérôme
name: Allain, Marc
name: Katz, Ori
name: Gigan, Sylvain
name: Sentenac, Anne
name: Bossy, Emmanuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In deep tissue photoacoustic imaging, the spatial resolution is inherently limited by acoustic diffraction. Moreover, as the ultrasound attenuation increases with frequency, resolution is often traded-off for penetration depth. Here we report on super-resolution photoacoustic imaging by use of multiple speckle illumination. Specifically, we show that the analysis of second-order fluctuations of the photoacoustic images combined with image deconvolution enables resolving optically absorbing structures beyond the acoustic diffraction limit. A resolution increase of almost a factor 2 is demonstrated experimentally. Our method introduces a new framework that could potentially lead to deep tissue photoacoustic imaging with sub-acoustic resolution.