cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: The impact of psychological traits on performance in sequential tournaments: Evidence from a tennis field experiment
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Bühren, Christoph
name: Steinberg, Philip J.
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2017
Subjects: second mover advantage
sequential tournaments
Economics
Wirtschaft
experiment
tennis
psychological traits
Performance under pressure

description: In order to analyze if heterogeneity in psychological traits affects individual performance in sequential tournaments, we conducted a tennis field experiment. In the experiment, we also varied the payment schemes (individual, team, competition) to control for moderating effects of different incentives. Team incentives, risk taking, and self-esteem reduced performance whereas a preference towards competition enhanced it. On average, we observe a second mover advantage. However, individuals’ psychological traits, such as self-esteem or self-efficacy, can turn a second mover into a first mover advantage. Our results shed new light on the discussion of first vs. second mover advantages and performance under pressure. Study findings have implications for psychological requirements of competitive and team tasks in business settings.
The Pegg-Barnett Formalism and Covariant Phase Observables
Creators: name: Lahti, Pekka
name: Pellonpaa, Juha-Pekka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compare the Pegg-Barnett (PB) formalism with the covariant phase observable approach to the problem of quantum phase and show that PB-formalism gives essentially the same results as the canonical (covariant) phase observable. We also show that PB-formalism can be extended to cover all covariant phase observables including the covariant phase observable arising from the angle margin of the Husimi Q-function.
description: 10 pages
title: Regional population structure and young workers’ wages
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Garloff, Alfred
name: Roth, Duncan
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2017
Subjects: youth share
occupational selection
instrumental variables
labour-market regions
wages
Economics
Wirtschaft
Population structure

description: This paper estimates the effect that changes in the size of the youth population have on the wages of young workers. Assuming that differently aged workers are only imperfectly substitutable, economic theory predicts that individuals in larger age groups earn lower wages. We test this hypothesis for a sample of young, male, full-time employees in Western Germany during the period 1999-2010. In contrast to other studies, functional rather than administrative spatial entities are used as they provide a more accurate measure of the youth population in an actual labour market. Based on instrumental variables estimation, we show that an increase in the youth share by one percentage point is predicted to decrease a young worker’s wages by 3%. Our results also suggest that a substantial part of this effect is due to members of larger age groups being more likely to be employed in lower-paying occupations.
The dynamic critical exponent $z$ of the three-dimensional Ising universality class: Monte Carlo simulations of the improved Blume-Capel model
Creators: name: Hasenbusch, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study purely dissipative relaxational dynamics in the three-dimensional Ising universality class. To this end, we simulate the improved Blume-Capel model on the simple cubic lattice by using local algorithms. We perform a finite size scaling analysis of the integrated autocorrelation time of the magnetic susceptibility in equilibrium at the critical point. We obtain $z=2.0245(15)$ for the dynamic critical exponent. As a complement, fully magnetized configurations are suddenly quenched to the critical temperature, giving consistent results for the dynamic critical exponent. Furthermore, our estimate of $z$ is fully consistent with recent field theoretic results.
description: 37 pages, 6 figures; largely extended compared with previous version, additional simulations
Parents’ needs of support following the loss of a child to cancer: a Swedish, prospective, longitudinal, multi-centre study
Creators: name: Hovén, Emma
name: Hagström, Josefin
name: Pöder, Ulrika
name: Grönqvist, Helena
name: Essen, Louise Von
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Introduction: Parents’ needs of support following the loss of a child to cancer and whether these needs are met are not fully known. This study aimed to describe parents’ needs, opportunity, and benefit of support from healthcare professionals and significant others from shortly after, up to five years after bereavement. Material and methods: Data were collected at nine months (T5, n = 20), eighteen months (T6, n = 37), and five years after the child’s death (T7, n = 38). Parents answered questions via telephone about need, opportunity, and benefit of talking to psychologists, social workers, partners, and friends. Needs were examined in relation to parent and child characteristics, including sex, age, and parent posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Results: The proportion reporting a need of support from psychologists varied from 56% and 46% at T5 to 20% and 6% at T7 (mothers and fathers, respectively). All mothers and 90% of fathers reported a need of support from social workers at T5. At T7, the corresponding percentages were 30% and 6%. More mothers than fathers reported a need of support from friends at T7 (p = .001). The proportion reporting a need of support from psychologists, social workers, and friends decreased over time (all p ≤ .050). Parents reporting a higher level of PTSS were more likely to report a need of support from social workers at T6 (p = .040) and from psychologists (p = .011) and social workers (p = .012) at T7. Opportunities for support from healthcare professionals varied, most reported need of and opportunity for support from significant others. Almost all reported benefit from received support. Conclusion: Bereaved parents need and benefit of support from healthcare professionals and significant others. Results show a need for improved access to psychosocial services, even at five years post bereavement. Large-scale studies are needed to better understand the associations between parent and child characteristics and support needs.
Evaluating a collaborative paediatric eye-care model between optometry and ophthalmology: a clinical audit
Creators: name: Huhtanen, Andrew
name: Mathew, Anu
name: Lewis, Catherine
name: Martin, Tim
name: Piano, Marianne
name: Hui, Flora
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Collaborative care models between optometry and ophthalmology can be a safe and viable way to improve patient access to paediatric eye-care services and reduce hospital paediatric load. Long waiting lists exist for paediatric ophthalmology services Australia-wide, yet some patients who are referred to the hospital may not require hospital-based treatment and instead can be seen in primary care. This audit assessed the safety and standard of care provided in a paediatric collaborative care model between a student-led university optometry clinic and a public ophthalmology clinic. Supervising optometrists in the optometry clinic were experienced in the care of paediatric patients. Collaborative care was provided for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, craniosynostosis (without strabismus/amblyopia), nasolacrimal duct obstruction or chalazion, following a co-developed care protocol. Outcome data (throughput, re-referrals, waiting list removals) were collected through both clinics. A retrospective case note audit (randomised record selection across the four included conditions) was undertaken, assessing percentage compliance against the co-developed care model protocol. Patient satisfaction with the collaborative care clinic was assessed by patient reported experience survey for clinic attendees in a one-month period. One hundred and fifty-seven of 169 children offered the care pathway received care through the collaborative model, with 209 patients being removed or prevented from being added to the Royal Children’s Hospital Ophthalmology waiting list. Collaborative care protocol compliance was 95%. Twenty-nine children were re-referred for ophthalmological intervention. Parents/guardians of 11 children completed the survey, reporting 100% satisfaction. Collaborative care between hospital-based ophthalmology and university-based optometry can be effectively implemented in a student-led clinic, resulting in reduced hospital wait times, high clinician adherence to protocols and high family satisfaction.
Biodiversity protection in European Union agriculture
Creators: name: Kociszewski, Karol
name: Kociszewski, Karol
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: environmental protection in agriculture
subject: biodiversity
subject: sustainable development of agriculture

description: Biodiversity conservation is an important element of EU environmental policy and it influences certain instruments of the Common Agricultural Policy (agri-environmental programmes, cross–compliance rules, organic farming support). These play an increasingly important role in this policy. However, in some Member States they are insufficiently directed to nature conservation. Direct payments affect an increase in threats to biological diversity, although this impact was restricted in the course of the CAP reform (implementation of a regional system combined with cross-compliance rules). Moreover, the withdrawal or significant reduction of the instrument would result in even greater losses. Low effectiveness of existing activities contributes to the continuous degradation of biological diversity in European rural areas: the specialized payments for farmers in the Natura 2000 network are implemented to a limited extent, specialised support directed for High Nature Values (HNV) farming has not yet been introduced in practice, execution of cross-compliance rules was insufficient. In years 2014-2020 nature conservation within the CAP will grow in importance and it will implicate improvement of the effectiveness of actions implemented in the Member States.
Popular Magazines in Fascist Italy, 1934 - 1943
Creators: name: Di Franco, Manuela
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2018
Subjects: Popular press
Italian culture
Fascist Italy
20th century
magazines
women's magazines
comics
popular culture
rotocalchi
Media Studies
Censorship

description: The dissertation examines the field of popular magazines in 1930s Italy, by first examining the broad field of magazine production under Fascism and then undertaking three case studies of individual magazines – L’Avventuroso (1934 – 1943), Omnibus (1937 – 1939), and Grazia (1938 –) – in order to build an in-depth analysis of the production, format and reception of the popular press in this period. In the interwar years, and in particular from 1934 onwards, innovative printing techniques and production methods transformed the periodical press worldwide. The emergence of new forms of illustrated magazines expanded the readership and started a process of standardisation and mass production of periodicals. The dissemination in Italy of the rotocalco, a new product aimed at the masses that was developed in the 1930s, offers a particularly interesting starting point for analysing the development of a modern Italian mass press and culture within the peculiar dynamics of a controlling Fascist regime and the mixed national and international forces that shaped it. Modern Italian magazines developed in dialogue with foreign industries, imitating models from abroad and adapting them to the Italian culture. The development of popular press in the 1930s represented a challenge for the Fascist regime, which approached it both as a threat and an opportunity to shape Italian popular culture. Through the analysis of three case studies, each from a key sector of popular press – comics, general cultural magazines, and women's magazines – and each produced by one of the three main publishing companies in the field – Nerbini, Rizzoli, and Mondadori – the dissertation aims to provide a detailed picture of the development of mass print culture in Italy during Fascism. The analysis provides examples of the impact of and cracks in Fascist censorship and cultural autarchy on the periodical press and argues that the Italian popular press developed in dialogue with European and American culture, which influenced both the form and content of rotocalchi, reinterpreting and adapting these models to Italian standards and to the constrictions of Fascist control.
title: Non-cooperative and Cooperative Policy Reforms under Uncertainty and Spillovers
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Hefeker, Carsten
name: Neugart, Michael
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2017
Subjects: spillovers
insurance
free-riding, subsidy
policy uncertainty
Economics
Wirtschaft
Policy reforms

description: When countries need to implement costly economic policy reforms,
these often imply uncertainties about their effectiveness for the home
country and their spillovers to other countries. We develop a model to
show that under these circumstances countries implement too few or
too many policy reforms. From a social perspective, too many reforms
follow if the spillover effects of reforms become sufficiently uncertain.
Since centralization of policies to correct ineffcient policies is often
not possible, we look for alternative instruments that can restore the
effcient level of reforms. We compare subsidizing reform efforts with
insuring against bad outcomes, and argue that subsidies are advanta-
geous in terms of requiring less information for implementation.
DENIS Survey Data Probing Different Types of PNe
Creators: name: Schmeja, S.
name: Kimeswenger, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present near-infrared photometry of a large sample of planetary nebulae (PNe) and show that the IJK colours are a good tool to distinguish different classes of PNe, like nebulae around symbiotic Miras or IR-[WC] PNe from genuine PNe.
description: 2 pages, 1 figure; Proceedings of IAU Symposium 209 "Planetary Nebulae: Their Evolution and Role in the Universe", in press
title: Cohort size and transitions into the labour market
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Roth, Duncan
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2017
Subjects: entry conditions
cohort size
Economics
Wirtschaft
apprentices
search duration
Survival analysis

description: This paper estimates the effect that the size of an individual’s labour-market entry cohort has on the subsequent duration of search for employment. Survival-analysis methods are applied to empirically assess this relationship using a sample of apprenticeship graduates who entered the German labour market between 1999 and 2012. The results suggest that apprentices from larger graduation cohorts take less time to find employment, but this effect appears to be significant only for a period of up to six months after graduation. These results therefore do not support the cohort-crowding hypothesis that members of larger cohorts face depressed labour-market outcomes. Moreover, there is no evidence that shorter search durations are the result of graduates being pushed into lower-quality employment. The finding that graduating as part of a larger cohort leads to shorter search durations is in line with those parts of the cohort-size literature that find larger youth cohorts being associated with lower unemployment rates. A possible explanation is that firms react to an anticipated increase in the number of graduates by creating jobs.
Variations on a theme of Hardy concerning the maximum modulus
Creators: name: Pardo-Simón, L.
name: Sixsmith, D. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In 1909, Hardy gave an example of a transcendental entire function, $f$, with the property that the set of points where $f$ achieves its maximum modulus, $\mathcal{M}(f)$, has infinitely many discontinuities. This is one of only two known examples of such a function. In this paper we significantly generalise these examples. In particular, we show that, given an increasing sequence of positive real numbers, tending to infinity, there is a transcendental entire function, $f$, such that $\mathcal{M}(f)$ has discontinuities with moduli at all these values. We also show that the transcendental entire function lies in the much studied Eremenko-Lyubich class. Finally, we show that, with an additional hypothesis on the sequence, we can ensure that $f$ has finite order.
description: Author accepted manuscript. To appear in Bull. London Math. Soc
Theory of High-Force DNA Stretching and Overstretching
Creators: name: Storm, Cornelis
name: Nelson, Philip
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Single molecule experiments on single- and double stranded DNA have sparked a renewed interest in the force-extension of polymers. The extensible Freely Jointed Chain (FJC) model is frequently invoked to explain the observed behavior of single-stranded DNA. We demonstrate that this model does not satisfactorily describe recent high-force stretching data. We instead propose a model (the Discrete Persistent Chain, or ``DPC'') that borrows features from both the FJC and the Wormlike Chain, and show that it resembles the data more closely. We find that most of the high-force behavior previously attributed to stretch elasticity is really a feature of the corrected entropic elasticity; the true stretch compliance of single-stranded DNA is several times smaller than that found by previous authors. Next we elaborate our model to allow coexistence of two conformational states of DNA, each with its own stretch and bend elastic constants. Our model is computationally simple, and gives an excellent fit through the entire overstretching transition of nicked, double-stranded DNA. The fit gives the first values for the elastic constants of the stretched state. In particular we find the effective bend stiffness for DNA in this state to be about 10 nm*kbt, a value quite different from either B-form or single-stranded DNA
description: 33 pages, 11 figures. High-quality figures available upon request
A combined muilticriteria procedure for agriculture real estate valuation
Creators: name: Kozioł-Kaczorek, Dorota
name: Kozioł-Kaczorek, Dorota
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: agricultural real estate
subject: value of the agricultural real estate
subject: Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
subject: Goal Programming (GP)
subject: multicriteria agricultural valuation (MAVAM)

description: Let us consider a problem of valuation of agricultural real estate. It is important to properly indentify their market value, which is determined by many factors. A detailed set of data on the properties that were the subject of the transaction is needed to accomplish this task. It is quite confusing in the case of agricultural land because the number of transactions in the local market is often not sufficient. The purpose of this paper is to present some method for multicriteria valuation of agriculture real estate. This technique is specifically created for situation in which limited information are available. It is a combination in valuation field of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Goal Programming (GP).
Lattice QCD determination of weak decays of B mesons
Creators: name: Harrison, Judd Gavin Ivo Henry
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2018
Subjects: Lattice QCD
Quantum Chromodynamics
Quantum Field Theory
B mesons

description: This thesis uses a variety of numerical and statistical techniques to perform high precision calculations in high energy physics using quantum field theory. It introduces the experimental motivation for the calculation of B meson form factors and includes a discussion of previous work. It then describes the modern theoretical framework describing these phenomena, outlining quantum chromodynamics and electroweak theory, and then illustrating the procedure of gauge fixing, the quantum effective action and background field gauge which is required for subsequent perturbative work. Details of the basic methodology of lattice quantum field theory are given as well as the specific formulation of the relativistic theory and nonrelativistic approximations used in this work to describe quantum chromodynamics. A comprehensive calculation of the zero recoil B to D* form factor is then presented, using state of the art lattice techniques with relativistic charm sea quarks and light sea quarks with correct physical masses, leading to a discussion of the dominant sources of uncertainty and possible resolutions of experimental tensions. Also included is preliminary work towards the full calculation of nonzero recoil matrix elements, with the aim of outlining possible future work. Finally, this thesis presents the computation of parameters correcting for radiative one loop phenomena and corrections to the kinetic coupling parameters in nonrelativistic quantum chromodynamics in order to achieve a desirable level of precision in future calculations. This is done using Monte-Carlo integration to evaluate integrals from diagrams generated using automated lattice perturbation theory in background field gauge in order to match the coefficients of the effective action between the lattice and the continuum.
European investors and land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: name: Krukowska, Monika
name: Krukowska, Monika
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: European Union
subject: Africa
subject: large-scale land acquisitions
subject: agriculture
subject: investment
subject: biofuels

description: The article examines the European share in large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper aims to identify correlation between biofuels policy and large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa and the consequences of this phenomenon. It first identifies the backgrounds that caused the increased interest in biofuel production and, consequently, African land acquisition in recent years. Then, it examines growth in the number of land transactions that take place on the continent. Finally, the paper investigates the share of European capital in land transactions. The last section outlines the consequences of this phenomenon and provides a set of recommendations to address land policies in African developing countries.
Deposit insurance structure and deposit growth dynamics: a cross-country empirical exploration
Creators: name: Ghosh, Avik
name: Magotra, Ankit
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: This study investigates the impact of Deposit Insurance Systems (DISs) structure on deposit growth across 40 major global economies. Using panel data regression and an instrumental variable model, we find that government-administered DISs significantly reduce deposit growth, particularly in developed economies where private administration is preferred. A key contribution is the identification of DIS implementation timelines as a critical determinant of deposit dynamics. Countries introducing DISs post-2005 experience stronger deposit growth, while earlier adopters show mixed outcomes. The study also uncovers economic-size-specific heterogeneity, revealing that developed nations favor private DISs frameworks, whereas emerging economies lean towards government-backed models. This research provides novel insights into how the DIS administration influences depositor confidence and financial stability. The findings highlight the need for policymakers to tailor their DIS frameworks to national economic structures, ensuring an optimal balance between depositor protection, financial resilience, and systemic risk mitigation. This study offers a rigorous empirical examination of how the administrative structure of Deposit Insurance Systems (DIS) - specifically, the public-private dichotomy- influences deposit growth across 40 major economies over a 23-year period. Employing fixed-effects panel regression and instrumental variable (2SLS) techniques, the paper addresses endogeneity by instrumenting DIS type with system mandate, premium structure, and regulatory scope. Findings reveal a significant negative association between government-administered DIS and deposit-to-GDP ratios, robust across alternative specifications and deposit measures. The research introduces a novel temporal framework, demonstrating that post-2005 DIS implementations exhibit stronger depositor responsiveness, indicating evolving confidence dynamics. Additionally, the study uncovers structural heterogeneity based on economic size and OECD membership, showing divergent deposit behaviors under different DIS types. This work advances the literature by linking DIS architecture to deposit-credit transmission mechanisms and systemic liquidity conditions. The results offer critical implications for macroprudential policy design, emphasizing the need for context-specific DIS frameworks that balance depositor protection with financial stability objectives.
Design of reversible low-field magnetocaloric effect at room temperature in hexagonal MnMX ferromagnets
Creators: name: Liu, Jun
name: You, Yurong
name: Batashev, Ivan
name: Gong, Yuanyuan
name: You, Xinmin
name: Huang, Bowei
name: Zhang, Fengqi
name: Miao, Xuefei
name: Xu, Feng
name: van Dijk, Niels
name: Brück, Ekkes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Giant magnetocaloric effect is widely achieved in hexagonal MnMX-based (M = Co or Ni, X = Si or Ge) ferromagnets at their first-order magnetostructural transition. However, the thermal hysteresis and the low sensitivity of the magnetostructural transition to the magnetic field inevitably lead to a sizeable irreversibility of the low-field magnetocaloric effect. In this work, we show an alternative way to realize a reversible low-field magnetocaloric effect in MnMX-based alloys by taking advantage of the second-order phase transition. With introducing Cu into Co in MnCoGe alloy, the martensitic transition is stabilized at high temperature, while the Curie temperature of the orthorhombic phase is reduced to room temperature. As a result, a second-order magnetic transition with negligible thermal hysteresis and a large magnetization change can be observed, enabling a large reversible magnetocaloric effect. By both calorimetric and direct measurements, a reversible adiabatic temperature change of about 1 K is obtained under a field change of 0-1 T at 304 K, which is larger than that obtained in a first-order magnetostructural transition. To get a better insight into the origin of these experimental results, first-principles calculations are carried out to characterize the chemical bonds and the magnetic exchange interaction. Our work provides a new understanding of the MnCoGe alloy and indicates a feasible route to improve the reversibility of the low-field magnetocaloric effect in the MnMX system.
description: 21 pages, 9 figures
Energy Efficiency in Industrial Drying Processes (Technology Talk)
Creators: name: Lauermann, Michael
name: NEFI New Energy for Industry
Publisher: name: NEFI New Energy for Industry
Year: 2025
Subjects: NEFI
Innovation Network
Energy
Industry
New Energy for Industry
Climate and Energy Fund
Model Region
Decarbonisation of Industry
Drying process in industry
Energy Efficiency in Industry

description: On October 12, 2023, the NEFI Technology Talk on Drying Processes in Industry captivated a diverse and engaged audience in a dynamic online event. With over 60 enthusiastic participants, the Technology Talk, moderated by NEFI expert Veronika Wilk (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Energy), delved into the crucial role of drying processes in industrial settings, a sector that significantly contributes to industrial energy consumption.

Keynote: Energy Efficiency in Industrial Drying Processes

The keynote by Michael Lauermann (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Energy) underscored the enduring significance of drying as a preservation technology spanning over 20 different sectors. He outlined the challenges inherent in drying processes, emphasising the pivotal role of energy efficiency. Michael Lauermann highlighted that while the theoretical minimum energy required for convective drying is the evaporation energy of water (2258 kJ/kg), real-world dryers require additional energy to account for various factors like heat transfer, system loss, drying agent loss and product-specific binding energy, collectively referred to as 'drying energy'. Lauermann introduced various types of dryers and discussed the disparity between expected and actual energy efficiency, often stemming from improper operation and design.

To enhance efficiency, Lauermann identified an array of methods, from heat exchangers to advanced control, superheated steam, multi-stage drying, and the promising integration of heat pumps. These technologies offer different levels of potential to boost energy efficiency, contingent on the availability of sensors and robust process control models.
Lifetime of metastable states in resonant tunneling structures
Creators: name: Tretiakov, O. A.
name: Gramespacher, T.
name: Matveev, K. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the transport of electrons through a double-barrier resonant-tunneling structure in the regime where the current-voltage characteristics exhibit bistability. In this regime one of the states is metastable, and the system eventually switches from it to the stable state. We show that the mean switching time grows exponentially as the voltage across the device is tuned from the its boundary value into the bistable region. In samples of small area we find that the logarithm of the lifetime is proportional to the voltage (measured from its boundary value) to the 3/2 power, while in larger samples the logarithm of the lifetime is linearly proportional to the voltage.
description: REVTeX 4, 5 pages, 3 EPS-figures
Small, young, active – some new elements of the CAP reform
Creators: name: Krzyżanowski, Julian Tadeusz
name: Krzyżanowski, Julian Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: agriculture
subject: Common Agriculture Policy
subject: international competitiveness of agricultural products

description: The paper deals with some new elements in the CAP reform. The author presents support scheme for small farmers, young farmers and active farmers. The latter three are crucial in the subsequent reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.
Complexity of decoupling and time-reversal for n spins with pair-interactions: Arrow of time in quantum control
Creators: name: Janzing, Dominik
name: Wocjan, Pawel
name: Beth, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Well-known Nuclear Magnetic Resonance experiments show that the time evolution according to (truncated) dipole-dipole interactions between n spins can be inverted by simple pulse sequences. Independent of n, the reversed evolution is only two times slower than the original one. Here we consider more general spin-spin couplings with long range. We prove that some are considerably more complex to invert since the number of required time steps and the slow-down of the reversed evolutions are necessarily of the order n. Furthermore, the spins have to be addressed separately. We show for which values of the coupling parameters the phase transition between simple and complex time-reversal schemes occurs.
description: Completely rewritten, new lower bounds on the number of time steps, applications and references added
Institutional characteristics of the Hungarian grain sector – research methodology
Creators: name: Majóczki-Katona, Szilvia
name: Majóczki-Katona, Szilvia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: grain sector
subject: applied economics of contracts
subject: transaction costs

description: The article presents the institutions of the grain product path (transaction costs, applied economics of contracts). The article presents the method of research. Due to limited space, the concrete facts, figures, and results are not presented. The aim of this paper is to identify the factors which influence the development or lack of contractual relationships, as well as how vertical coordination could contribute to the improvment and stabilization of terms between the participants involved in the sector. The conditions under which the contracts are made, as well as the differences that exist in practice and the reasons why the different controlling structures are applied are also presented. A questionnaire was used to collect details about each participant of the grain sector. In this article, the structure of the questionnaire, the main characteristics of the survey, as well as the collection of hypotheses of the expected results based on the analizations, are also introduced.
Multi-waveform inference of gravitational waves
Creators: name: Ashton, Gregory
name: Khan, Sebastian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Bayesian inference of gravitational wave signals is subject to systematic error due to modelling uncertainty in waveform signal models, coined approximants. A growing collection of approximants are available which use different approaches and make different assumptions to ease the process of model development. We provide a method to marginalize over the uncertainty in a set of waveform approximants by constructing a mixture-model multi-waveform likelihood. This method fits into existing workflows by determining the mixture parameters from the per-waveform evidences, enabling the production of marginalized combined sample sets from independent runs.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, accepted in Phys. Rev. D
title: Competition and Regulation as a Means of Reducing CO2 Emissions: Experience from U.S. Fossil Fuel Power Plants
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Growtisch, Christian
name: Paulus, Simon
name: Wetzel, Heike
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2017
Subjects: Carbon dioxide emission performance
Economics
Wirtschaft
data envelopment analysis
environmental regulation
global Malmquist index

description: Levels of CO2 emissions from electricity generation in the U.S. have changed considerably in the last decade. This development can be attributed to two factors. First, the shale gas revolution has reduced gas prices significantly, leading to a crowding out of the more CO2-intensive coal for electricity generation. Secondly, environmental regulations have been tightened at both the federal and the state level. In this article, we analyze the relative CO2 emission performance across 48 states in the U.S. using a two-stage empirical approach. In the first stage, we identify the states that followed best practice between 2000 and 2013, by applying nonparametric benchmarking techniques. In the second stage, we regress our CO2 emission performance indicators on the state-specific national gas prices, the states’ CO2 regulatory policies and a number of other state-specific factors in order to identify the main drivers of the developments. We find that the CO2 emission performance improved on average by 15% across all states from 2000 to 2013. Furthermore, our second-stage results support the argument that decreasing natural gas prices and stringent regulatory measures, such as cap-and-trade programs, have a positive impact on the state-specific CO2 emission performance.
On the universality class of the conifold
Creators: name: Berenstein, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The possibility of having discrete degrees of freedom at singularities associated to `conifolds with discrete torsion' is studied. We find that the field theory of D-brane probes near these singularities is identical to ordinary conifolds, so that there are no additional discrete degrees of freedom located at the singularity. We shed light on how the obstructions to resolving the singularity are global topological issues rather that local obstrucions at the singularity itself. We also analyze the geometric transitions and duality cascades when one has fractional branes at the singularity and compute the moduli space of an arbitrary number of probes in the geometry. We provide some evidence for a conjecture that there are no discrete degrees of freedom localized at any Calabi-Yau singularity that can not be guessed from topological data away from the singularity.
description: 25 pages, 6 figures. v2: Added references
A hybrid network combining convolutional neural network and long short-term memory for flashover sound identification of transmission line
Creators: name: Feng, Bo
name: Zhang, Wei
name: Xu, Qi
name: Liang, Xuecheng
name: Xia, Xiaofei
name: Xu, Wenping
name: Zhang, Yong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: Space Science
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: This paper introduces a novel method for detecting transmission line flashover sounds using a hybrid architecture of convolutional neural networks (CNN) and long short-term memory (LSTM) networks, enhanced by improved Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCC) features. By incorporating first- and second-order dynamic features, the proposed method significantly enhances feature representation. The CNN captures spatial features, while the LSTM captures temporal patterns, ensuring effective classification. Experimental results demonstrate that the improved MFCC features outperform traditional Fbank and MFCC features, with the CNN-LSTM hybrid exhibiting superior performance compared to single CNN models, thus advancing flashover detection capabilities.
The peculiarities of formation and development of agricultural holdings in Ukraine
Creators: name: Мelnyk, Kateryna
name: Мelnyk, Kateryna
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Farm Management
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: agricultural holding
subject: vertically and horizontally – integrated enterprises
subject: EBITDA
subject: real estate bank
subject: investigations
subject: IPO (initial public offering)
subject: governmental regulation
subject: agricultural complex

description: In the article the main tendencies of the development of agricultural formations in Ukraine are generalized. Types and groups of agricultural holdings are given. The system of management and the peculiarities in the functioning of some of the biggest agricultural holdings in Ukraine are analyzed. The main positive and negative aspects of their practices are identified. The effectiveness of agricultural holdings practices is compared. Company outlets on the stock exchange are characterized and the rate of the investigation involvement by the biggest agricultural holdings of Ukraine is shown.
Engineering Schrödinger cat states with a photonic even-parity detector
Creators: name: Thekkadath, G. S.
name: Bell, B. A.
name: Walmsley, I. A.
name: Lvovsky, A. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: When two equal photon-number states are combined on a balanced beam splitter, both output ports of the beam splitter contain only even numbers of photons. Consider the time-reversal of this interference phenomenon: the probability that a pair of photon-number-resolving detectors at the output ports of a beam splitter both detect the same number of photons depends on the overlap between the input state of the beam splitter and a state containing only even photon numbers. Here, we propose using this even-parity detection to engineer quantum states containing only even photon-number terms. As an example, we demonstrate the ability to prepare superpositions of two coherent states with opposite amplitudes, i.e. two-component Schrödinger cat states. Our scheme can prepare cat states of arbitrary size with nearly perfect fidelity. Moreover, we investigate engineering more complex even-parity states such as four-component cat states by iteratively applying our even-parity detector.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
Additional file 1 of An intersectional analysis of LncRNAs and mRNAs reveals the potential therapeutic targets of Bi Zhong Xiao Decoction in collagen-induced arthritis rats
Creators: name: He, Cailin
name: Wang, Yang
name: Wen, Yuqi
name: Li, Teng
name: Hu, En
name: Zeng, Siqing
name: Yang, Bo
name: Xiong, Xingui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. shRNA sequences (shRNA: short hairpin RNA).
Propagation of particles on a torus
Creators: name: Guo, Peng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this study, based on the variational principle and Faddeev method, we present a general framework for finding the propagating solutions of multiple interacting particles on a torus. Two different versions of multiparticle secular equations are presented. Version one shows how the propagating solutions on a torus and the infinite volume dynamics are connected. The second version may be more suitable and robust for the task of lattice quantum chromodynamics data analysis. The proposed formalism may also be useful for studying the effects of few-body interactions on the electronic band structure in condensed matter physics.
description: Revised version based on Refs's suggestions, to appear in PLB
Hadronic Footprint of GeV-Mass Dark Matter
Creators: name: Plehn, Tilman
name: Reimitz, Peter
name: Richardson, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: GeV-scale dark matter is an increasingly attractive target for direct detection, indirect detection, and collider searches. Its annihilation into hadronic final states produces a challenging zoo of light hadronic resonances. We update Herwig7 to study the photon and positron spectra from annihilation through a vector mediator. It covers dark matter masses between 250 MeV and 5 GeV and includes an error estimate.
description: 33 pages, 8 figures
Influence of Spin Wave Excitations on the Ferromagnetic Phase Diagram in the Hubbard-Model
Creators: name: Nolting, W. Rumsch und W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The subject of the present paper is the theoretical description of collective electronic excitations, i.e. spin waves, in the Hubbard-model. Starting with the widely used Random-Phase-Approximation, which combines Hartree-Fock theory with the summation of the two-particle ladder, we extend the theory to a more sophisticated single particle approximation, namely the Spectral-Density-Ansatz. Doing so we have to introduce a `screened` Coulomb-interaction rather than the bare Hubbard-interaction in order to obtain physically reasonable spinwave dispersions. The discussion following the technical procedure shows that comparison of standard RPA with our new approximation reduces the occurrence of a ferromagnetic phase further with respect to the phase-diagrams delivered by the single particle theories.
description: 8 pages, 9 figures, RevTex4, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
title: The effect of Western TV on crime: Evidence form East Germany
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Friehe, Tim
name: Müller, Helge
name: Neumeier, Florian
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2017
Subjects: Germany.
Economics
Wirtschaft
Media
Natural experiment
Crime
Television

description: This paper explores the causal influence ofWestern television programming on crime rates. We exploit a natural experiment involving access to West German TV within the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in which only geography and topography determined the allocation of individuals to treatment and control groups. Focusing on violent and property crime (as these domains were most likely to be affected by the marked differences in TV content), we find that in the post-reunification decade in which TV content was harmonized, regions that had access to Western TV broadcasts prior to the reunification experienced lower rates of violent crime, sex crime, and theft, but more fraud.