cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Panel 3 - What is to be Done? An Agenda for Russian Commercial Law Reform and Closing Remarks
Creators: name: Ahdieh, 1971-, Robert B.
name: Burnham, 1947-, William
name: Butler, 1939-, William Elliott
name: Maggs, Peter B.
name: Shelley, Louise I.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Speakers: Peter Maggs, Cliford M. & Better A. Carney Chair in Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Louise Shelley, Director, TraCCC, American University; William Burnham, Professor of Law, Wayne State University, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School; Robert Ahdieh, Professor of Law, Emory University; William E. Butler, John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law, Dickerson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University.
The Requirements of Organic Pomegranate Marketing from Paveh Growers’ Perspective
Creators: name: Lashgarara, Farhad
name: Ehtesham, Shaghayegh
name: Omidi, Maryam
name: Lashgarara, Farhad
name: Ehtesham, Shaghayegh
name: Omidi, Maryam
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Requirements
subject: Marketing,
subject: Organic Pomegranate
subject: Paveh County

description: One factor that has highlighted the role of agriculture in the economy is to make the marketing system of agricultural products more efficient. The main purpose of this study was to identify the requirements of marketing the organic pomegranate of Paveh, Kermanshah Province, Iran, from the perspective of farmers. In order to identify contributing factors, an exploratory factor analysis was used. The population of this study consisted of the pomegranate growers of Paveh (N=2000) and 320 people were selected using the Cochran formula and a proportional stratified sampling method. The main research instrument was a questionnaire that was completed by interview. Validity and reliability were con- firmed using the feedbacks of advisors through 0.78 Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The results showed that the requirements were classified in eight factors of motivational improvement such as informing, technical, policy, economic, marketing, infrastructure, management, and social– services and they could explain 87 percent of the organic pomegranate marketing variance.
Study of the Process e+ e- --> pi0 pi0 gamma in c.m. Energy Range 600--970 MeV at CMD-2
Creators: name: CMD2 Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The cross section of the process e+ e- --> pi0 pi0 gamma has been measured in the c.m. energy range 600--970 MeV with the CMD-2 detector. The following branching ratios have been determined: B(rho --> pi0 pi0 gamma) =(5.2^{+1.5}_{-1.3} +- 0.6)x10^{-5} and B(omega --> pi0 pi0 gamma) =(6.4^{+2.4}_{-2.0} +- 0.8)x10^{-5}. Evidence for the rho --> f0(600) gamma decay has been obtained: B(rho --> f0(600) gamma) = (6.0^{+3.3}_{-2.7}\pm 0.9)x10^{-5}. From a search for the process e+ e- --> eta pi0 gamma the following upper limit has been obtained: B(omega --> eta pi0 gamma) < 3.3 10^{-5} at 90% CL.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures
Investigating the Impacts of Credits Granted by Agricultural Bank of Iran on Economic Conditions of Farmers in Hirmand Region
Creators: name: Barani, Nader
name: Menhaj, Mohammad Hossein
name: Ramezanpoor, Esmaeil
name: Borazjani, Mahmud Ahmadpoor
name: Barani, Nader
name: Menhaj, Mohammad Hossein
name: Ramezanpoor, Esmaeil
name: Borazjani, Mahmud Ahmadpoor
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Agricultural sector
subject: Credit
subject: Agricultural Bank
subject: Economic impacts
subject: Loan
subject: Hirmand region

description: One of the obstacles that has caused agricultural sector not to reach significant and expected growth is shortage of short, medium and long–term funds to finance various activities of this sector. This study aims at investigating the economic impacts of credits granted by Agricultural bank on farmers on Hirmand region. The statistical population of the survey included 4691 farmers of Hirmand region and the sample size were 117 farmers who had received loan from agricultural bank at least once during 2006-2011. The Sample was selected using simple random sampling and questionnaires were distributed among them. The results from t-Test showed that significant level for income manufacturing variants was 0.000 and for investment and livelihood variants were 0.014 and 0.077, respectively. This significantly levels suggest that received loan from bank has increased income and production, the living conditions of borrowers, economic profitability and increased productivity.
title: Comforting the People: The Contribution of Chapters 51-52 to the Overall Structure and Rhetoric of Deutero-Isaiah
Creators: name: Wilks, John Gerald Francis
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2002

description: This thesis is concerned with the way that structures are identified in a biblical poetic book, using Deutero-Isaiah as a reference text. Typically, Formgeschichte (or some variant of it) has been used to identify units of text which are then related together into larger structures. Whilst being a suitable understanding of the way that one poem leads to another, it is not satisfactory for describing the overall shaping. Though a structure can be presented, it lacks criteria by which a focus/climax might be determined.

There needs to be the addition of a 'top-downwards' methodology: the identification of rhetorical trajectories in the text. Noting the limited range of subject matters used by Deutero Isaiah-the vast majority of texts can be subsumed within four complex groupings: the character and uniqueness of Yahweh; the fates of Babylon and Zion; the journey; servanthood-the progression within each complex can be traced. This development can be likened to a trajectory, since it displays overall shaping and focusing and can be used to locate climactic structural points in the writing.

Having outlined the current scholarship on the methods used to determine structure, and general attitudes to Deutero-Isaiah, in chapters 1 and 2, chapter 3 begins by describing the method to be used herein. The method is then applied to two sections of Deutero-Isaiah: the prologue and the eschatological hymns. These point to the role of 52:7-10 as a major rhetorical climax in Deutero-Isaiah. In chapter 4, Isaiah 51-52 is studied to discover the rhetorical structures contained within it, which will demonstrate that the large- and small-scale structures coincide. The conclusion considers the implications of this structure, not least for the implied importance of the final 'servant song' and the 'epilogue' of chapters 54-55.
High quality factor photonic cavity for dark matter axion searches
Creators: name: Alesini, D.
name: Braggio, C.
name: Carugno, G.
name: Crescini, N.
name: D'Agostino, D.
name: Di Gioacchino, D.
name: Di Vora, R.
name: Falferi, P.
name: Gambardella, U.
name: Gatti, C.
name: Iannone, G.
name: Ligi, C.
name: Lombardi, A.
name: Maccarrone, G.
name: Ortolan, A.
name: Pengo, R.
name: Pira, C.
name: Rettaroli, A.
name: Ruoso, G.
name: Taffarello, L.
name: Tocci, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Searches for dark matter axion involve the use of microwave resonant cavities operating in a strong magnetic field. Detector sensitivity is directly related to the cavity quality factor, which is limited, however, by the presence of the external magnetic field. In this paper we present a cavity of novel design whose quality factor is not affected by a magnetic field. It is based on a photonic structure by the use of sapphire rods. The quality factor at cryogenic temperature is in excess of $5 \times 10^5$ for a selected mode.
description: 6 pages, 7 figures
Mental health supportive services during COVID-19:  Proposing an online, self-guided Acceptance and Commitment Therapy program for parents in the disability community
Creators: name: Aller, Ty B.
name: Fauth, Elizabeth B.
name: Hodgskiss, Sarah
name: Sheen, Jeff
name: Levin, Michael E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Parents of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) often experience stress, and the COVID-19 pandemic has likely increased their stress. In the current paper, we describe four things. First, we describe how mental telehealth treatments can effectively decrease parent stress, including programs that target behavior training and those that provide therapy. Teleheath programs are delivered by phone, computer, or fully online. Second, we describe challenges of these programs and explain how online, self-guided programs may help address these challenges. Third, we explain our online, self-guided program based in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT is a specific type of therapy that helps people notice their moods and their thoughts to help manage stress. Finally, we conclude by proposing a call for collaboration to improve and expand our online, self-guided, ACT program.
Stakeholder Engagement Plan_Tarun Sharma.docx
Creators: name: Sharma, Tarun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160514 Urban Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 120507 Urban Analysis and Development
subject: FOS: Social and economic geography
subject: 160810 Urban Sociology and Community Studies
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: A template for stakeholder engagement plan for cities
On the singular nature of the elastocapillary ridge
Creators: name: Pandey, A.
name: Andreotti, B.
name: Karpitschka, S.
name: van Zwieten, G. J.
name: van Brummelen, E. H.
name: Snoeijer, J. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The functionality of soft interfaces is crucial to many applications in biology and surface science. Recent studies have used liquid drops to probe the surface mechanics of elastomeric networks. Experiments suggest an intricate surface elasticity, also known as the Shuttleworth effect, where surface tension is not constant but depends on substrate deformation. However, interpretations have remained controversial due to singular elastic deformations, induced exactly at the point where the droplet pulls the network. Here we reveal the nature of the elastocapillary singularity on a hyperelastic substrate with various constitutive relations for the interfacial energy. First, we finely resolve the vicinity of the singularity using goal-adaptive finite element simulations. This confirms the universal validity, also at large elastic deformations, of the previously disputed Neumann's law for the contact angles. Subsequently, we derive exact solutions of nonlinear elasticity that describe the singularity analytically. These solutions are in perfect agreement with numerics, and show that the stretch at the contact line, as previously measured experimentally, consistently points to a strong Shuttleworth effect. Finally, using Noether's theorem we provide a quantitative link between wetting hysteresis and Eshelby-like forces, and thereby offer a complete framework for soft wetting in the presence of the Shuttleworth effect.
description: 17 Pages, 7 figures
Restricted Hilbert transform for non-Hermitian management of fields
Creators: name: Ahmed, W. W.
name: Herrero, R.
name: Botey, M.
name: Wu, Y.
name: Staliunas, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-Hermitian systems exploiting the synergy between gain and loss have recently become the focus of interest to discover novel physical phenomena. The spatial symmetry breaking in such systems allows tailoring the wave propagation at will. Inspired by such property, we propose a feasible approach based on local Hilbert transform to control the field flows in two- or higher dimensional non-Hermitian systems, restricting the complex refractive index within practical limits. We propose an iterative procedure to reduce the dimensionality of complex refractive index parameter space to two, one or zero dimensions. The proposed method provides a flexible way to systematically design locally PT-symmetric systems realizable with a limited collection of realistic materials.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures
Petrocephalus stuhlmanni Boulenger 1909
Creators: name: Kramer, Bernd
name: Bills, Roger
name: Skelton, Paul
name: Wink, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Osteoglossiformes
Mormyridae
Petrocephalus
Petrocephalus stuhlmanni

description: Petrocephalus stuhlmanni Boulenger, 1909 (resurrected species)
(Figure 2, no. 2)
 Petrocephalus stuhlmanni Boulenger, 1909: 56. Whitehead and Greenwood 1959: 286 (synonymy with Petrocephalus catostoma catostoma).
 Type specimens. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1907.12.3.1 (studied).
 Type locality. Kingani River, Tanzania.
 Diagnosis. Dorsal fin length, LD 0.152 of SL; length of snout to posterior orbital rim of eye, LSo 0.382 of HL; number of scales around caudal peduncle, SPc 12; distance between the pair of nares of one side, Na 25.8 times in HL, head length; depth of caudal peduncle, CPD 0.389 of CPL, caudal peduncle length; body depth, BD 0.301 of SL; predorsal length, PDL 0.643 of SL; preanal length, PAL 0.596 of SL; anal fin length, LA 0.239 of SL; distance dorsal fin origin to end of caudal peduncle, pD 0.398 of SL; length of snout to centre of eye, LSc 0.288 of HL; head length, HL 0.276 of SL; dorsal fin ray number, nD, range 1 20–22, range 2 19–21 (n = 9); anal fin ray number, nA, range 1 25–29, range 2 25–29 (n = 9); number of lateral line scales, SLS, range 1 35–38 (range 1: Boulenger 1909: 56–57, with n unknown; range 2: Whitehead and Greenwood 1959: 294).
 Remarks. Petrocephalus. stuhlmanni is distinguished from all other Petrocephalus by the combination of a very short dorsal fin (LD / SL) that originates well behind the anal fin, a very low snout length (LSo / HL) and a great head length (HL / SL). “Head slightly longer than deep; with convex upper profile” (Boulenger 1909: 56).
description: Published as part of Kramer, Bernd, Bills, Roger, Skelton, Paul & Wink, Michael, 2012, A critical revision of the churchill snoutfish, genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Mormyridae), from southern and eastern Africa, with the recognition of Petrocephalus tanensis, and the description of five new species, pp. 2179-2258 in Journal of Natural History 46 (35 - 36) on page 2247, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.708452, http://zenodo.org/record/4590828
D-branes and Topological Charge in QCD
Creators: name: Thacker, H. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recently observed long-range coherent structure of topological charge fluctuations in QCD is compared with theoretical expectations based on the AdS/CFT brane construction of nonsupersymmetric gauge theory by Witten. Similar observations of coherent topologicalcharge structure in 2D $CP^{N-1}$ sigma models are interpreted in terms of Wilson lines representing world lines of screened electric charges. The analogy between 2D U(1) and 4D Yang-Mills theory leads to the interpretation of the observed coherent sheets of topological charge in QCD as screened ``Wilson bags'' first suggested by Luscher. The duality between the Wilson bag surface and a wrapped 6-brane in IIA string theory is discussed. The complete screening of the force between bag surfaces for integer values of the bag charge $θ/2π$ corresponds to the observation by Polchinski that the net force between d-branes from closed string exchange vanishes for quantized values of Ramond-Ramond charge.
description: Talk presented at Lattice 2005
Additional file 2 of Fear of falling and cognitive impairment in elderly with different social support levels: findings from a community survey in Central Vietnam
Creators: name: Vo, Thi Hue Man
name: Nakamura, Keiko
name: Seino, Kaoruko
name: Nguyen, Hoang Thuy Linh
name: Vo, Thang Van
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Mean MMSE score of participants of low-moderate social support level and high social support level.
Axion Phantom Energy
Creators: name: Gonzalez-Diaz, Pedro F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The existence of phantom energy in a universe which evolves to eventually show a big rip doomsday is a possibility which is not excluded by present observational constraints. In this letter it is argued that the field theory associated with a simple quintessence model is compatible with a field definition which is interpretable in terms of a rank-three axionic tensor field, whenever we consider a perfect-fluid equation of state that corresponds to the phantom energy regime. Explicit expressions for the axionic field and its potential, both in terms of an imaginary scalar field, are derived which show that these quantities both diverge at the big rip, and that the onset of phantom-energy dominance must take place just at present.
description: 6 pages, RevTex, to appear in Phys. Rev. D
A central partition of molecular conformational space. II. Embedding 3D structures
Creators: name: Gabarro-Arpa, Jacques
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A combinatorial model of molecular conformational space that was previously developped (J. Gabarro-Arpa, Comp. Biol. and Chem. 27, (2003) 153-159), had the drawback that structures could not be properly embedded beacause it lacked explicit rotational symmetry. The problem can be circumvented by sorting the elementary 3D components of a molecular system into a finite set of classes that can be separately embedded. This also opens up the possibility of encoding the dynamical states into a graph structure.
Self-assembly of Freely-rotating Polydisperse Cuboids: Unveiling the Boundaries of the Biaxial Nematic Phase
Creators: name: Rafael, Effran Mirzad
name: Corbett, Daniel
name: Cuetos, Alejandro
name: Patti, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Colloidal cuboids have the potential to self-assemble into biaxial liquid crystal phases, which exhibit two independent optical axes. Over the last few decades, several theoretical works predicted the existence of a wide region of the phase diagram where the biaxial nematic phase would be stable, but imposed rather strong constraints on the particle rotational degrees of freedom. In this work, we employ molecular simulation to investigate the impact of size dispersity on the phase behaviour of freely-rotating hard cuboids, here modelled as self-dual-shaped nanoboards. This peculiar anisotropy, exactly in between oblate and prolate geometry, has been proposed as the most appropriate to promote phase biaxiality. We observe that size dispersity radically changes the phase behaviour of monodisperse systems and leads to the formation of the elusive biaxial nematic phase, being found in an large region of the packing fraction vs polydispersity phase diagram. Although our results confirm the tendencies reported in past experimental observations on colloidal dispersions of slightly prolate goethite particles, they cannot reproduce the direct isotropic-to-biaxial nematic phase transition observed in these experiments.
Additional file 1 of The use of simulation to prepare and improve responses to infectious disease outbreaks like COVID-19: practical tips and resources from Norway, Denmark, and the UK
Creators: name: Dieckmann, Peter
name: Torgeirsen, Kjetil
name: Qvindesland, Sigrun Anna
name: Thomas, Libby
name: Bushell, Verity
name: Ersdal, Hege Langli
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 1. Collection of simulation scenario scripts.
Additional file 1 of Fear of falling and cognitive impairment in elderly with different social support levels: findings from a community survey in Central Vietnam
Creators: name: Vo, Thi Hue Man
name: Nakamura, Keiko
name: Seino, Kaoruko
name: Nguyen, Hoang Thuy Linh
name: Vo, Thang Van
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Fully adjusted model to determine the associations between the participants’ characteristics and the fear of falling.
Petrocephalus wesselsi Kramer and Van der Bank 2000
Creators: name: Kramer, Bernd
name: Bills, Roger
name: Skelton, Paul
name: Wink, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Osteoglossiformes
Mormyridae
Petrocephalus
Petrocephalus wesselsi

description: Petrocephalus wesselsi Kramer and Van der Bank, 2000
(Figure 2, no. 3; online Figure 14)
 Type specimens. Holotype: ZSM 28556 (one specimen) from Sabie River, Kruger National Park, South Africa. Paratypes: ZSM 28554 - ZSM 28565 (12 specimens); SMF 28266 (13 specimens), SAIAB (RUSI) 054449 (13 specimens). Studied.
 Type locality. Sabie River, Kruger National Park, bridge near Lower Sabie tourist camp, South Africa, 25 ◦ 07 ′ S, 31 ◦ 55 ′ E.
description: Published as part of Kramer, Bernd, Bills, Roger, Skelton, Paul & Wink, Michael, 2012, A critical revision of the churchill snoutfish, genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Mormyridae), from southern and eastern Africa, with the recognition of Petrocephalus tanensis, and the description of five new species, pp. 2179-2258 in Journal of Natural History 46 (35 - 36) on page 2249, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.708452, http://zenodo.org/record/4590828
“It’s an opportunity to get opportunities”: A brief report on the working lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Sinclair, James
name: Gilson, Carly B
name: Whirley, Mary
name: Li, Yi-Fan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted countless individuals, including those who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Even amid a pandemic, for many individuals, working continues to be a critically important aspect of their life, providing opportunities to accomplish their desired quality of life. Currently, limitations exist to understanding both the working lives of individuals with IDD, but also how individuals with IDD make meaning from their work during a pandemic. Using a psychology of working theory (PWT; Blustein, 2006), this research brief summarizes a qualitative study on the working experiences of individuals with IDD. This study included interviews with six adults with IDD across the United States. The purpose of the study was to gather data on how individuals with IDD were impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and to establish an understanding of work through the PWT framework. Qualitative content analysis was used to examine data collected from interviews to identify emergent themes from the work lives of those interviewed. Results indicate that the pandemic impacted individuals work to varying degrees, including reduced hours and loss of jobs. The pandemic also impacted their personal lives, limiting opportunities for social gatherings with families or activities such as Special Olympics. All participants confirmed the application of the PWT taxonomy as a good fit to describe their working experiences. Specifically, participants were still self-determined and motivated to work during the pandemic, yet their social connections were negatively impacted. Lastly, we briefly discuss the concept of dignity of risk and additional practices to support individuals with IDD as they continue to work.
Origin of Crashes in 3 US stock markets: Shocks and Bubbles
Creators: name: Johansen, Anders
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This paper presents an exclusive classification of the largest crashes in Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), SP500 and NASDAQ in the past century. Crashes are objectively defined as the top-rank filtered drawdowns (loss from the last local maximum to the next local minimum disregarding noise fluctuations), where the size of the filter is determined by the historical volatility of the index. It is shown that {\it all} crashes can be linked to either an external shock, {\it e.g.}, outbreak of war, {\it or} a log-periodic power law (LPPL) bubble with an empirically well-defined complex value of the exponent. Conversely, with one sole exception {\it all} previously identified LPPL bubbles are followed by a top-rank drawdown. As a consequence, the analysis presented suggest a one-to-one correspondence between market crashes defined as top-rank filtered drawdowns on one hand and surprising news and LPPL bubbles on the other. We attribute this correspondence to the Efficient Market Hypothesis effective on two quite different time scales depending on whether the market instability the crash represent is internally or externally generated.
description: 7 pages including 3 tables and 3 figures. Subm. for Proceeding of Frontier Science 2003
Adapting Participatory Action Research to Include Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Creators: name: Ahlers, Kaitlyn P
name: Ayers, Kara B
name: Iadarola, Suzannah
name: Hughes, Rosemary B
name: Lee, Hyon Soo
name: Williamson, Heather J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Participatory action research (PAR), or the inclusion of those affected by the issues being studied, is a growing area of emphasis in disability research. The principles of PAR align with those of the disability rights movement, such that full inclusion and “nothing about us without us” extends as much to research as it does to any other area of life. Moreover, PAR allows for meaningful input from people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), which enhances the likelihood that research results are relevant and important to the disability community. As research activity resumes and is adapted to the context of a global pandemic, it is crucial that a balance is struck to optimize the safety of individuals with I/DD without taking steps backwards from the progress towards more meaningful inclusion in research. Lessons learned from past participatory research projects have demonstrated that accommodations to enable equitable participation of individuals with IDD in the research process are crucial. COVID-19 has significantly affected the lives of individuals with I/DD directly; however, COVID-19 has also affected those with I/DD indirectly through the disruption to critical intervention and other clinical research. As research processes are adapted to align with COVID-19 guidelines, the inclusion of individuals with I/DD via PAR needs to be adapted as well. Recommendations for the continuation of PAR in the context of COVID-19 will be discussed as well as ways in which accommodations can be modified to this new context.
Using nonlocal surface transport to identify the axion insulator
Creators: name: Chen, Rui
name: Li, Shuai
name: Sun, Hai-Peng
name: Liu, Qihang
name: Zhao, Yue
name: Lu, Hai-Zhou
name: Xie, X. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The axion is a hypothetical but experimentally undetected particle. Recently, the antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ has been predicted to host the axion insulator, but the experimental evidence remains elusive. Specifically, the axion insulator is believed to carry "half-quantized" chiral currents running antiparallel on its top and bottom surfaces. However, it is challenging to measure precisely the half-quantization. Here, we propose a nonlocal surface transport device, in which the axion insulator can be distinguished from normal insulators without a precise measurement of the half-quantization. More importantly, we show that the nonlocal surface transport, as a qualitative measurement, is robust in realistic situations when the gapless side surfaces and disorder come to play. Moreover, thick electrodes can be used in the device of MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ thick films, enhancing the feasibility of the surface measurements. This proposal will be insightful for the search of the axion insulator and axion in topological matter.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
Additional file 1 of Carotenoids and lipid production from Rhodosporidium toruloides cultured in tea waste hydrolysate
Creators: name: Qi, Feng
name: Peijie Shen
name: Rongfei Hu
name: Xue, Ting
name: Xianzhang Jiang
name: Qin, Lina
name: Youqiang Chen
name: Jianzhong Huang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Sequencing quality evaluation of the cDNA samples of R. toruloides cultured in TWH at different phases. Fig. S1. Examination and verification of the transcriptional levels of the clustered genes with quantitative RT-PCR method. Data were determined through triplicate independent experiments and the error bars represent standard deviation.
Field Theoretical Approach to Electrochemical Deposition
Creators: name: Taroco, H. A.
name: Mota, A. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we present an application of the lambda-phi^4 field theoretical model to the adsorption of atoms and molecules on metallic surfaces - the electrochemical deposition. The usual approach to this system consists in the computational simulation using Monte Carlo techniques of an effective lattice-gas Hamiltonian. We construct an effective model towards a comparison between the lattice-gas Hamiltonian and the discrete version of the lambda-phi^4 Hamiltonian, obtaining the relationships between the model parameters and electrochemical quantities. The lambda-phi^4 model is studied in the mean field approximation, and the results are fitted and compared to numerical simulated and experimental data.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures
Virtual Advocacy: Lived Experience Takes Center Stage During and After Pandemic
Creators: name: Burks-Abbott, Gyasi
name: Gannaway, Amanda V.
name: Szarkowski, Amy
name: Fogler, Jason M.
name: Helm, David T.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: COVID-19 forced a significant change for participants of the Disability Policy Seminar (DPS) typically held annually in Washington, D.C. The DPS is a policy event that both informs its participants about current policy and supports attendees visiting Capitol Hill to meet with legislators. In 2020, the DPS event, which took place during the early phase of the pandemic, was shifted from “on the Hill” to “across the screen”. Through the various lenses of an autistic self-advocate, a mother of a child with a developmental disability, and faculty of a LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities) program, this paper describes the ways in which the nature of our collaborative advocacy effort, from Hill visits to co-authorship, was shaped by changes instituted in response to COVID-19. The authors collectively explored the experience, benefit, and lasting impact of engaging in virtual advocacy from an emancipatory perspective, which highlights the voices of self-advocates and family members of people with developmental disabilities. Benefits of virtual include: 1) minimizing the physical challenges involved for persons with disabilities (particularly those with mobility issues, those who utilize durable medical equipment, and those whose disabilities make transportation challenging); 2) increasing visibility by allowing elected representatives a view into constituents’ homes; and 3) enhancing engagement for participants with different learning styles and those who communicate with support. We conclude with lessons learned within the context of a global public health emergency about how to support authentic collaboration between various stakeholders.
Dynamics of the spin-boson model with a structured environment
Creators: name: Thorwart, M.
name: Paladino, E.
name: Grifoni, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the dynamics of the spin-boson model when the spectral density of the boson bath shows a resonance at a characteristic frequency $Ω$ but behaves Ohmically at small frequencies. The time evolution of an initial state is determined by making use of the mapping onto a system composed of a quantum mechanical two-state system (TSS) which is coupled to a harmonic oscillator (HO) with frequency $Ω$. The HO itself is coupled to an Ohmic environment. The dynamics is calculated by employing the numerically exact quasiadiabatic path-integral propagator technique. We find significant new properties compared to the Ohmic spin-boson model. By reducing the TSS-HO system in the dressed states picture to a three-level system for the special case at resonance, we calculate the dephasing rates for the TSS analytically. Finally, we apply our model to experimentally realized superconducting flux qubits coupled to an underdamped dc-SQUID detector.
description: 26 pages, 11 figures, Chemical Physics Special Issue on the Spin-Boson Problem, ed. by H. Grabert and A. Nitzan, in press
Changing Needs of Individuals with Disabilities in the Time of COVID-19 as Observed by a Family Navigation Program in Miami, FL
Creators: name: Llano, Gabriella
name: Kumnick, Allison
name: Bryant, Jean-Paul
name: Torres, Nancy
name: Brosco, Jeffrey
name: Schenker, Maite
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: The Family Navigator Program (FNP) is designed to help families navigate the complex system of services available to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), chronic health conditions, mental health issues, and other special health care needs. Based at the Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami, the FNP is free and available to all families in South Florida. Most families enrolled in the FNP are receiving medical services from a university clinic; however, the program also accepts referrals from outside agencies and self-referrals. The aim of this study was to investigate the needs of families enrolled in the FNP before and after March 2020, when stay-at-home orders were put in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic. One hundred forty-five families enrolled in the FNP between November 2019 and mid-March 2020 were selected as a pre-COVID sample to be compared with 197 families enrolled from mid-March to September 2020. Families were deidentified, and data on demographics and specific needs were extracted. Demographics included race and ethnicity, language, age group, zip code, and disability or medical condition. Specific needs were defined as (1) topics on which families required education and (2) resources to which families were referred. There were no statistically significant differences in demographics before and after March 2020. There was a significant increase in referrals to financial resources during COVID (OR= 3.019, 95% CI [1.445-6.308]). There were also significant changes in the number of families provided with education on the following: increases in federal and state programs (OR = 2.156, 95% CI [1.306-3.560]) and other miscellaneous topics (1.902, 95% CI [1.081-3.348]); and decreases in school systems (OR=0.531 CI, 95% [0.328-0.858]) and therapies (CI, 95% [0.345-0.825]). These differences likely reflect the economic and social toll that the pandemic has taken on families caring for individuals with IDD and special health care needs in South Florida. Families’ priorities shifted from school and therapy to economic needs. The FNP adjusted by administering services by telephone or online, rather than by in-person meetings. These data provide a snapshot of how the needs of families changed during COVID-19 in one diverse, urban community.
Rhynchonycteris naso
Creators: name: Dickerman, R. W.
name: Koopman, K. F.
name: Seymour, C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1981
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Emballonuridae
Rhynchonycteris
Rhynchonycteris naso

description: Rhynchonycteris naso
.- SantaRosa Rosa:Chiquihuitan,1; Camalote,3; Monterrico,1;La Isla, TODO 3.
This species was flushed from shaded surfacesof treetrunksand exposedroots along inland TODO streams, and was netted along those streamsand in mangroves. Anthonytook six specimensat TODO Ocos (San Marcos Dept.)on the Pacificside of Guatemala,near the Mexican border(Goodwin, 1934), anditseemslikelythatthespeciesoccursall alongthe Pacificcoastallowlands.Apregnant female was taken froma diurnal roostofthree individualsin a highwayculvert culvertatChiquihuitan in August.
description: Published as part of Dickerman, R. W., Koopman, K. F. & Seymour, C., 1981, Notes on Bats from the Pacific Lowlands of Guatemala, pp. 406-411 in Journal of Mammalogy 62 (2) on page 406, DOI: 10.2307/1380726, http://zenodo.org/record/4591043
Study Zitterbewegung effect in a Quasi One-dimensional Relativistic Quantum Plasma by DHW formalization
Creators: name: Juneghani, Safura Nematizadeh
name: Shokri, Babak
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using Dirac equation together with the Wigner distribution function,the trembling motion,known as Zitterbewegung effect,of moving electrons in quasi-one-dimensional relativistic quantum plasma is theoretically investigated.The relativistic Wigner matrix is used to calculate the mean values of the position and velocity operators for a Dirac gas of electrons.It is found that the oscillatory behavior of measurable quantities could be associated with the Zitterbewegung effect which manifests itself as a damping interference pattern stemming from mixing the positive and negative dispersion modes of Dirac particles.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
Keys to the Car
Creators: name: Schouten, Andrew
name: Blumenberg, Evelyn
name: Wachs, Martin
name: King, Hannah
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Most Americans live in communities in which automobiles are central to participation in economic, social, and cultural activities. Outside of dense central cities, the ability to continue driving as one ages is fundamental to the quality of life among older adults. Driving rates decline significantly with age. Researchers have studied the myriad reasons former drivers stop driving, but few have examined associations between these transitions and characteristics of the neighborhoods in which older adults live or to which they move. We used longitudinal data from a national sample of 20,000 observations from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine relationships between residential location, driving reduction, and driving cessation. Longitudinal data allow analysis of changes in behavior, a major advantage over cross-sectional data; however, the timing and sequencing of behavioral changes remain difficult to isolate. Cities provide opportunities for older adults to travel by automobile and other modes that are less available outside cities. Older adults are more likely to reduce or give up driving if they reside in dense, urban, transit-oriented neighborhoods than other neighborhood types. Very few older adults move from suburban to urban neighborhoods; when they do, they are rarely more likely to reduce or stop driving. The findings underscore the importance of planning to accommodate aging in place. To do this in urban neighborhoods, policies must foster high-quality urban neighborhoods that not only attract younger adults (as is currently the trend) but also retain them as they age through the life cycle.
Barbero-Immirzi Value from Experiment
Creators: name: Perlov, Leonid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider General Relativity as a limit case of the Scalar-Tensor theory with Barbero-Immirzi field when the field tends to a constant. We use Shapiro time delay experimental limit of $1/w = (2.1 \pm 2.3)10^{-5}$ provided by the Cassini spacecraft to find the Barbero-Immirzi parameter value.
Autistic College Students and COVID-19: Anxiety, Support Needs and Responses by Specialized Programs
Creators: name: Monahan, Jessica
name: Ackles, Laurie
name: Edwards, Amy D
name: Freedman, Brian
name: Withers Lubbers, Pamela
name: Sanders Gardner, Sara
name: Fishbaugh, Cherie A.
name: Thierfeld Brown, Jane
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Providing resources and support to college students during the COVID-19 global pandemic has produced unique challenges for all students, particularly those with autism. In March 2020, halfway through the spring term, the COVID-19 global pandemic forced most institutions of higher education across the country to move all instruction and support to an online, remote format, including those for students with autism. Colleges and autism support programs are now grappling with how to effectively support students amid a global pandemic. Yet there is little information available about how students’ needs have changed with this new environment. In this exploratory study, 76 college students with autism from across the country answered a series of questions (both Likert scale and open-ended) about their anxieties related to COVID-19 and attending college. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. Results revealed that students are most anxious about getting sick or spreading COVID-19 to others and least anxious about wearing masks and needing to socially distance. This paper also profiles the adjustments made to several college autism support programs (led by the authors) in order to accommodate the changes to college campuses and the impact on student needs. The survey results and recent experiences across programs will inform recommendations for colleges as they build toward more inclusive, supportive campus environments and respond to crises like the pandemic.
Increasing Access to Augmentative and Alternative Communication Services for People with Complex Communication Needs During COVID-19 and Beyond
Creators: name: Pujol, Cristina L.
name: Nevares, Anamaria
name: Schladant, Michelle
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: The COVID-19 global pandemic has affected the disability network across the world. In the United States, there are millions of people who cannot use their natural speech to communicate. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), a form of assistive technology (AT), helps people with complex communication needs (CCNs) to communicate with others. Examples of AAC include printed pictures and speech-generating devices. A team of professionals work together with the person with CCNs and their caregivers to choose the right type of AAC. Often, people with CCNs need face-to-face and ongoing AAC support. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, this population already faced multiple challenges to receive on-going support and services due to multiple factors, including limited access to AAC specialists and travel constraints. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many services for people with CCNs stopped to abide by stay-at-home orders and ensure the safety of the person with CCNs and their caregivers. This paper describes how one AT Program at a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) adapted AAC services and increased access to support using (a) tele-AAC assessment practices, (b) services through a partnership with our state AT Act program, and (c) tele-coaching strategies to help providers and caregivers in their facilitation and implementation of AAC services. We also discuss key considerations in tele-AAC practices to help people with CCNs and their caregivers during COVID-19 and beyond.