cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Glyphonycteris behnii
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Mittermeier, Russell A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Glyphonycteris
Glyphonycteris behnii

description: 111. Behn'’s Big-eared Bat Glyphonycteris behnii French: Glyphonyctére de Behn / German: Behn-GroRohrblattnase / Spanish: Glifonicterio de Behn Other common names: Behn's Bat, Behn's Graybeard Bat Taxonomy. Schizostoma behnii Peters, 1865, “Cuyaba [= Cuiaba],” Mato Grosso, Brazil. Species of Glyphonycteris were previously in the genus Micronycteris. It has been suggested by some authors that the species G. behnii might be a junior synonym of G. sylvestris. Monotypic. Distribution. C Brazil (Tocantins, S Mato Grosso, SW Goias, and Minas Gerais). The few records from Cusco region, SE Peru, reported in the literature do not correspond to G. behnii. They might prove to be a smaller form of G. silvestris, which is associated with humid forests. Descriptive notes. Tail 9-5 mm, ear 14-14-8 mm, hindfoot 9-8-10-5 mm, forearm 45— 47 mm. No specific data are available for head-body length and body weight. Behn'’s Big-eared Batis a medium-sized and least known species of Glyphonycteris. Dorsal pelage is dark gray to reddish, and venteris paler. Each hair has white base, reddish brown proximal medium band, another distal medium pale buff band, and darker reddish brown to gray tip. Tocantins specimens had tricolored dorsal hairs and distinct pattern of bands: gray base, intermediate reddish-brown band, and gray tip. External ears are completely separated and not bound by membrane as in Micronycteris. Calcaris shorter than foot. Upper incisors are not markedly grooved. Dental formula is 1 2/2, C 1/1, P2/3.M3/3 (x2) =34. Habitat. Cerrado Biome, perhaps restricted to dry cerrado habitats including rockyfields. Food and Feeding. There is no information available on the diet of Behn’s Big-eared Bat, but it might be inferred based on insectivorous diets, complemented occasionally by fruits, of its congeners, Davies’s Big-eared Bat (G. daviesi) and the Tricolored Bigeared Bat (G. sylvestris). Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. No information. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Behn’s Big-eared Bat is rarely captured. It has been recorded only in protected areas in Brazil (e.g. Jalapao State Park). Bibliography. Andersen (1906a), Gregorin, Gongalves et al. (2011), Peracchi & Albuquerque (1985), Simmons (1996), Williams & Genoways (2008), Zortéa & Alho (2008).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Phyllostomidae, pp. 444-583 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 538, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6458594
Begging among Physically Healthy Adults in Addis Ababa: Reasons and Strategies
Creators: name: Abduselam, Kemal
name: Belay, Tefera
Publisher: name: Ethiopian Journal Of Behavioural Studies
Year: 2024

description: Currently, in Addis Ababa, several people including physically healthy are leading their life through begging. The present study sought to examine the reasons that led physically healthy adults engage in beginning to make a living. The strategies they employed while begging were also assessed. A total of 33 physically healthy beggars from different begging spots found in four sub-cities of Addis Ababa were selected through purposive, availability and convenience sampling techniques. In addition, three officials from the Labor and Social Affairs Bureau of Addis Ababa city administration were drawn purposely. Physical Health Screening Tool, developed by the researcher, was used to identify physically healthy participants. Data were collected using interviews and FGDs and analyzed thematically using a deductive approach. Findings reveal that poverty, unemployment, and invitations by other beggars were among the major reasons for begging. The researchers recommend that to decrease or ultimately eliminate begging, reasons accounting for begging need to be given attention by City Government Administration, Labor and Social Affairs Bureau and all concerned government and non-government organizations. Furthermore, serious regulations need to be put in place by the House of People’s Representatives to discourage begging by physically healthy individuals.
description: Ethiopian Journal Of Behavioural Studies, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2024): Ethiopian Journal of Behavioural Studies
Les Pères Fondateurs de la Francophonie
Creators: name: Premat, Christophe
Publisher: name: Stockholm University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: 200204 Cultural Theory
subject: FOS: Other humanities
subject: 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: 200306 French Language
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: This seminar is a part of an introductory course on the notion of francophonie at Stockholm University for students of French II (students who already have 30 credits in French).It presents the so-called founding fathers of the geocultural project. A specific attention is paid to Léopold Sédar Senghor and Habib Bourguiba and the signature of the treaty of Niamey, the 20th March of 1970.
(4210) Elizabeth Wheeldin
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Curriculum Differentiation in Ethiopian Secondary Education: Practices of Boarding and Special Day Schools and Student Experiences
Creators: name: Kagnew, Tarekegn
name: Dawit, Mekonnen
Publisher: name: Ethiopian Journal Of Behavioural Studies
Year: 2024

description: The study examined curriculum differentiation practices and student experiences at special day and boarding schools. Seven teachers, two principals, and 16 students participated in a multiple-case study design. Interviews were conducted with teachers and principals, and focus group discussions were held with students from each school. The National Curriculum framework and student grade rosters were reviewed. The data were analyzed through qualitative descriptions of themes. The study reveals that boarding and special day schools adhere to the standard secondary school curriculum and streams, with minimal curriculum differentiation, by deepening curriculum contents, providing local language options, and improving laboratory activities. Both boarding school and special day school students work for academic excellence. This drive stems from the favorable educational environment provided by schools, which includes competent teaching staff, well-equipped laboratories, and modern ICT facilities. Students appreciate the collaborative environment and support from peers and teachers. Boarding school students reported improved time and self-management skills. However, students are concerned that excessive focus on academic excellence and competition has increased stress levels and limited the development of non-academic skills. Special day school students question whether curriculum differentiation would widen inequitable access to educational resources. It is concluded that boarding and special day schools fall short of meeting the core principles of curriculum differentiation, as their curriculum, streams, and expected outcomes are similar to mainstream secondary schools. It is imperative that the bodies concerned deliberate on the purpose, student selection process, provision of differentiated curriculum (in any form), and the formulation of a policy to guide the establishment and management of these types of schools.
description: Ethiopian Journal Of Behavioural Studies, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2024): Ethiopian Journal of Behavioural Studies
Addressing Walkability to Improve the Neighborhood and Built Environment to Better Quality of Life in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Creators: name: Lanning, Miranda
name: Clay, Kelly
name: Lam, Michelle
name: Holland, Joy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Research shows that approximately 80% of a person’s overall health is driven by social and environmental factors and the behavior influenced by them, also known as the social determinants of health. Our work focuses on addressing walkability which falls under the scope of the neighborhood and built environment, which is the intersection of the places where people live, work, pray, and play and their health and well-being. Fayetteville North Carolina has a walkability score of 21 out of 100, which is among the lowest in the country. Walkability is defined by how easily residents can walk to and from places in the community such as from their home, work, and entertainment. There is not an adequate walking infrastructure to support the people who walk as a primary mode of transportation or exercise. The Cumberland County Community Health Needs Assessment documented that 40.1% of the community members do not engage in any physical activity or exercise during the week. Heart disease, diabetes, and other weight-related diseases are among the leading causes of death in the county. We will focus our efforts in Fayetteville, NC and within low-income areas of the city.
Fayetteville is the large city within Cumberland County and is an ideal location to create an accountable care community. We would like to build on existing infrastructure and systems in an equitable way to ensure low-income communities are experiencing the benefits of walkability. Our proposed policy is to switch to SmartCode Zoning which creates new guidelines for where types of buildings can be placed in the city limits while discouraging suburban sprawl. The goal of this policy is to bring the residents' daily needs closer to where they live so that they can either walk or bike to their destination over driving a car. We must include structures to ensure that we also keep the current residents from being pushed out of their communities due to these changes. Our intended impact from this policy is to reduce the negative health outcomes that are associated with walkability which are weight-related diseases.
The Practice of Using Appropriate Curriculum for Students with Intellectual Disability in two Primary Schools of Gondar City
Creators: name: Simachew, Tafere
name: Alemayehu, Teklemariam
Publisher: name: Ethiopian Journal Of Behavioural Studies
Year: 2024

description:  The aim of the present qualitative case study is to explore teachers’ current practice of using appropriate curriculum for students with intellectual disabilities (SwID) in special classes of primary schools in Gondar city. The study involved six special needs education teachers using purposive sampling. The data collected through interviews, classroom observations and document review were analyzed using thematic analysis technique. The analysis revealed four major themes: Conceptualization of curriculum for SwID, the kind of curriculum content being offered, preference of functional curriculum to the academic curriculum and challenges teachers faced during curriculum implementation. Teachers’ limited knowledge and skills in adapting curriculum for SwID and consecutivelythe absence of adapted curriculum for SwID were found to be the major challanges. Implications for practice and recommendations were forwarded including the need for arranging a series of short term training for these teachers to help children with intellectual disabilities that they have the right to quality education using appropriate curriculum.
description: Ethiopian Journal Of Behavioural Studies, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2024): Ethiopian Journal of Behavioural Studies
Inverse semigroups associated with labelled spaces and their tight spectra
Creators: name: Boava, Giuliano
name: de Castro, Gilles
name: Mortari, Fernando de L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20M18 (Primary), 05C20, 05C78 (Secondary)

description: The notion of a labelled space was introduced by Bates and Pask in generalizing certain classes of C*-algebras. Motivated by Exel's work on inverse semigroups and combinatorial C*-algebras, we associate each weakly left resolving labelled space with an inverse semigroup, and characterize the tight spectrum of the latter in a way that is reminiscent of the description of the boundary path space of a directed graph.
Neonycteris pusilla
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Mittermeier, Russell A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Neonycteris
Neonycteris pusilla

description: 115. Least Big-eared Bat Neonycteris pusilla French: Néonyctére nain / German: Kleinst-GroRohrblattanse / Spanish: Neonicterio pequeno Taxonomy. Micronycteris (Neonycteris) pusilla Sanborn, 1949, “Tahuapunta, Rio Vaupes,at the Colombian border, Amazonas, Brazil.” This species is monotypic. Distribution. Known only from type locality in W Amazonian Brazil. Descriptive notes. Forearm 34-3 mm and greatest length ofskull 17-9 mm (holotype). No other measurements are available. The Least Big-eared Bat is small, with short tail and calcar shorter (7 mm) than foot. Noseleaf is blunt, and chin has two elongated dermal pads. Ears are rounded and fully separated from each other. Third metacarpalis the largest metacarpal bone, and fourth is shortest. Second phalanx of third digit (14-9 mm) is larger than first (10-8 mm); they are about equalin size in fourth digit (second phalanx 9-8 mm,first phalanx 8-7 mm). Ascending ramus of lower jaw has horizontally displaced border, with tip toward lateral plane. Upper premolars are reduced, and tip of P* is much shorter than that P°. Lower incisors are trlobed. Dental formula is12/2,C1/1,P 2/3. M 3/3 (2) =54. Habitat. Amazonian forest (known only from holotype and topotype). Food and Feeding. Based on morphology ofits teeth and skull and other shared characteristics with closely related Niceforo’s Big-eared Bat (Trinycteris nicefori), the Least Big-eared Bat probably feeds mostly on arthropods and, to a lesser extent, fruit. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. No information. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Data deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Least Big-eared Bat is only known from two specimens collected in the 1940s, and because it occurs in an area experiencing habitat fragmentation, extent of its occurrence has probably declined. Bibliography. Baker et al. (2016), Sanborn (1949a), Wetterer et al. (2000), Williams & Genoways (2008).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Phyllostomidae, pp. 444-583 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 539, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6458594
Assessing Domestic Violence Intervention Programs in the United States: Identifying Strengths, Weaknesses, and a Path Towards Restorative Justice: Review Protocol
Creators: name: Erika M. Redding
name: Deborah Weissman
name: Alexis Pendergraft
name: Kathryn Moracco
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Domestic Violence Intervention Programs (DVIPs) were established during the 1970s and expanded rapidly during subsequent decades. Most DVIPs rely on two similar models (Emerge and Duluth); these models serve as the prototype for state programs, including North Carolina’s DVIPs. Recent studies have revealed the ineffectiveness of DVIPs and the failure of current program models to improve outcomes related to domestic violence (DV). These findings suggest the need for a new approach to interventions that address DV perpetration to include attention to a broader range of structural issues that often underlie perpetrator behavior. The goal of this project is to consider strategies to realign DVIPs to better fulfil their mission to hold accountable program participants who have harmed their intimate partners, provide justice and restore wholeness to those who have been harmed, and to do so within a social justice framework with an emphasis on restorative justice (RJ) praxis. This protocol details methods for our review of the literature regarding DVIPs that will focus on identifying program efficacy and the extent to which DVIPs utilize social justice frameworks, such as RJ, to inform the development and implementation of curriculum and other program components.
The Experience of Girl Intra-familial Sexual Abuse Survivors in Addis Ababa: A Qualitative Analysis
Creators: name: Yordanos, Tewelde
name: Emebet, Mulugeta
Publisher: name: Ethiopian Journal Of Behavioural Studies
Year: 2024

description: Any sexual behavior directed towards girls under the age of 18 by a family member or those close to the family is known as intrafamilial sexual abuse. Research conducted in Ethiopia to examine sexual violence against girls discuss the issue without highlighting intrafamilial sexual abuse. In addition, efforts to explore factors and contexts that precipitate these experiences are minimally addressed. This study used a phenomenological qualitative method to investigate the incidence of intrafamilial sexual abuse against girls. Accordingly, an interview guide was employed involving ten survivors of intrafamial sexual abuse, focusing on what happened, how it happened, when it happened, where it happened, and the factors that exposed them to the abuse within the ecological framework. The findings indicate that multiple factiors contributed to the intrafamilial sexual abuse. These factors include individual chatacteristics such as age and lack of information, microsystem factors such as family relationships, family structure and living condition, mesosystem factors including the girls’ isolation, lack of networking, and the family relationships with relatives and the expectations attached, and exosystem factors like parents’, especially mothers’ work and working situation. In addition, microsystem factors including values given to female children and gender relationships and norms play a part in exposing girls to intrafamilial sexual abuse. Any intervention to address the problem of intrafamilial sexual abuse against girls should consider the various factors operating at these different levels.
description: Ethiopian Journal Of Behavioural Studies, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2024): Ethiopian Journal of Behavioural Studies
MPEC 2023-T245 : 2023 TX10
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 TX10

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Introduction au projet francophone (19e et 20e siècles)
Creators: name: Premat, Christophe
Publisher: name: Stockholm University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 200306 French Language
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: History and archaeology

description: The presentation is a part of a course given in French (French II for students who already have 30 credits in French) on the francophone world. It underlines the distinction between the French-speaking populations and the geocultural project linked to the French language. The presentation explains the relation between vehicular and vernacular languages.
Kuiper belt structure around nearby super-Earth host stars
Creators: name: Kennedy, Grant M.
name: Matrà, Luca
name: Marmier, Maxime
name: Greaves, Jane S.
name: Wyatt, Mark C.
name: Bryden, Geoffrey
name: Holland, Wayne
name: Lovis, Christophe
name: Matthews, Brenda C.
name: Pepe, Francesco
name: Sibthorpe, Bruce
name: Udry, Stéphane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new observations of the Kuiper belt analogues around HD 38858 and HD 20794, hosts of super-Earth mass planets within 1 au. As two of the four nearby G-type stars (with HD 69830 and 61 Vir) that form the basis of a possible correlation between low-mass planets and debris disc brightness, these systems are of particular interest. The disc around HD 38858 is well resolved with Herschel and we constrain the disc geometry and radial structure. We also present a probable JCMT sub-mm continuum detection of the disc and a CO J=2-1 upper limit. The disc around HD 20794 is much fainter and appears marginally resolved with Herschel, and is constrained to be less extended than the discs around 61 Vir and HD 38858. We also set limits on the radial location of hot dust recently detected around HD 20794 with near-IR interferometry. We present HARPS upper limits on unseen planets in these four systems, ruling out additional super-Earths within a few au, and Saturn-mass planets within 10 au. We consider the disc structure in the three systems with Kuiper belt analogues (HD 69830 has only a warm dust detection), concluding that 61 Vir and HD 38858 have greater radial disc extent than HD 20794. We speculate that the greater width is related to the greater minimum planet masses (10-20 $M_\oplus$ vs. 3-5 $M_\oplus$), arising from an eccentric planetesimal population analogous to the Solar System's scattered disc. We discuss alternative scenarios and possible means to distinguish among them.
description: accepted to MNRAS
(4211) James Wheeldin
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
title: Cognitive Ability and Perceived Disagreement in Learning
Creators: name: Evdokimov, Piotr
name: Garfagnini, Umberto
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2023

description: Do agents believe to be agreeing more with others in the long-run? This paper designs an experiment to study how cognitive abilities affect actual and perceived disagreement in a standard sequential belief updating task with public signals. We document a persistent gap in the perception of disagreement as a function of cognitive ability. Higher cognitive ability is associated with less perceived disagreement, although the average subject underestimates the extent of actual disagreement regardless of cognitive ability. Learning about the state of the world has little effect on the evolution of perceived disagreement when controlling for cognitive ability. Providing subjects with information about their partner's cognitive ability affects perceived disagreement only when the partner is less cognitively able.
On eigenvalue distribution of random matrices of Ihara zeta function of large random graphs
Creators: name: Khorunzhiy, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C50, 05C80, 15B52, 60F99

description: We consider the ensemble of real symmetric random matrices $H^{(n,ρ)}$ obtained from the determinant form of the Ihara zeta function of random graphs that have $n$ vertices with the edge probability $ρ/n$. We prove that the normalized eigenvalue counting function of $H^{(n,ρ)}$ weakly converges in average as $n,ρ\to\infty$ and $ρ=o(n^α)$ for any $α>0$ to a shift of the Wigner semi-circle distribution. Our results support a conjecture that the large Erdos-Rényi random graphs satisfy in average the weak graph theory Riemann Hypothesis.
description: version 5: slightly corrected with respect to version 4
Does Democratic Backsliding Erode Soft Power? - Study 2
Creators: name: Goldsmith, Benjamin E.
name: Powers, Kathleen E.
name: Matush, Kelly
name: Horiuchi, Yusaku
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Political Science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: International Relations
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: foreign public opinion
subject: soft power
subject: international status
subject: democratic backsliding

description: Study 2 aims to further probe the observed treatment effects from Study 1 and examine the mechanisms that cause declining U.S. status perceptions and soft power when participants receive information about democratic backsliding. In Study 2, we focus on a single case, New Zealand, because in Study 1, we observed clear and significant treatment effects in this country, consistent with the pooled analyses.
(4206) John Thorpe
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Next-to-Leading Order NMSSM Decays with CP-odd Higgs Bosons and Stops
Creators: name: Baglio, J.
name: Krauss, C. O.
name: Muhlleitner, M.
name: Walz, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the full next-to-leading order supersymmetric (SUSY) electroweak (EW) and SUSY-QCD corrections to the decays of CP-odd NMSSM Higgs bosons into stop pairs. In our numerical analysis we also present the decay of the heavier stop into the lighter stop and an NMSSM CP-odd Higgs boson. Both the EW and the SUSY-QCD corrections are found to be significant and have to be taken into account for a proper prediction of the decay widths.
description: 28 pages, 10 figures
MPEC 2023-Q148 : 2023 QU6
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 QU6

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
A Spectroscopic Survey of the Fields of 28 Strong Gravitational Lenses: The Redshift Catalog
Creators: name: Momcheva, Ivelina
name: Williams, Kurtis A.
name: Cool, Richard J.
name: Keeton, Charles R.
name: Zabludoff, Ann I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the spectroscopic redshift catalog from a wide-field survey of the fields of 28 galaxy-mass strong gravitational lenses. We discuss the acquisition and reduction of the survey data, collected over 40 nights of 6.5m MMT and Magellan time, employing four different multi-object spectrographs. We determine that no biases are introduced by combining datasets obtained with different instrument/spectrograph combinations. Special care is taken to determine redshift uncertainties using repeat observations. The redshift catalog consists of 9768 new and unique galaxy redshifts. 82.4% of the catalog redshifts are between z=0.1 and z=0.7, and the catalog median redshift is z=0.36. The data from this survey will be used to study the lens environments and line-of-sight structures to gain a better understanding of the effects of large scale structure on lens statistics and lens-derived parameters.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJS. All catalogs are available for download at this URL: http://www.astro.yale.edu/iva/#downloads
Temperature- and field-dependent characterization of a conductor on round core cable
Creators: name: Barth, Christian
name: van der Laan, Danko
name: Bagrets, Nadezda
name: Bayer, Christoph Michael
name: Weiss, Klaus-Peter
name: Lange, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The conductor on round core (CORC) cable is one of the major high temperature superconductor cable concepts combining scalability, flexibility, mechanical strength, ease of fabrication and high current density; making it a possible candidate as conductor for large, high field magnets. To simulate the boundary conditions of such magnets as well as the temperature dependence of CORC cables a 1.16 m long sample consisting of 15, 4 mm wide SuperPower REBCO tapes was characterized using the 'FBI' (force-field-current) superconductor test facility. In a five step investigation, the CORC cable's performance was determined at different transverse mechanical loads, magnetic background fields and temperatures as well as its response to swift current changes. In the first step, the sample's 77 K, self-field current was measured in a liquid nitrogen bath. In the second step, the temperature dependence was measured at self-field condition and compared with extrapolated single tape data. In the third step, the magnetic background field was repeatedly cycled while measuring the current carrying capabilities to determine the impact of transverse Lorentz forces on the CORC cable sample's performance. In the fourth step, the sample's current carrying capabilities were measured at different fields (2-12 T) and temperatures (4.2-51.5 K). Through finite element method simulations, the surface temperatures are converted into average sample temperatures and the gained field- and temperature dependence is compared with extrapolated single tape data. In the fifth step, the response of the CORC cable sample to rapid current changes (8.3 kA/s) was observed with a fast data acquisition system. During these tests, the sample performance remains constant. The sample's measured current carrying capabilities correlate to those of single tapes assuming field- and temperature dependence as published by the manufacturer.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1502.06728
Xylazine informational flyer for people who use drugs
Creators: name: Figgatt, Mary
name: Vincent, Louise
name: Dasgupta, Nabarun
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: In February 2021, the North Carolina Survivors Union and the Opioid Data Lab detected a substance called xylazine alongside heroin, fentanyl, and some sugars (a common filler). Xylazine is a veterinary tranquilizer that causes central nervous system depression. While it was assessed for human use by the FDA several decades ago, it was ultimately not approved for human use. People who inject xylazine may experience unexpected symptoms, including a slowed pulse, slowed breathing, low blood pressure, and excessive fatigue. Xylazine has also been linked to skin ulceration among people who inject xylazine. In order to inform people who use drugs about xylazine, we developed a flyer containing background information and tips.
Abundance anomalies in metal-poor stars from Population III supernova ejecta hydrodynamics
Creators: name: Sluder, Alan
name: Ritter, Jeremy
name: Safranek-Shrader, Chalence
name: Milosavljevic, Milos
name: Bromm, Volker
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a simulation of the long-term evolution of a Population III supernova remnant in a cosmological minihalo. Employing passive Lagrangian tracer particles, we investigate how chemical stratification and anisotropy in the explosion can affect the abundances of the first low-mass, metal-enriched stars. We find that reverse shock heating can leave the inner mass shells at entropies too high to cool, leading to carbon-enhancement in the re-collapsing gas. This hydrodynamic selection effect could explain the observed incidence of carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars at low metallicity. We further explore how anisotropic ejecta distributions, recently seen in direct numerical simulations of core-collapse explosions, may translate to abundances in metal-poor stars. We find that some of the observed scatter in the Population II abundance ratios can be explained by an incomplete mixing of supernova ejecta, even in the case of only one contributing enrichment event. We demonstrate that the customary hypothesis of fully-mixed ejecta clearly fails if post-explosion hydrodynamics prefers the recycling of some nucleosynthetic products over others. Furthermore, to fully exploit the stellar-archaeological program of constraining the Pop III initial mass function from the observed Pop II abundances, considering these hydrodynamical transport effects is crucial. We discuss applications to the rich chemical structure of ultra-faint dwarf satellite galaxies, to be probed in unprecedented detail with upcoming spectroscopic surveys.
(4209) Alexander Morrison
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Improving Housing Instability to Reduce Adverse Health Outcomes for Honorably Discharged Veterans and Their Families Through the Creation of an Accountable Care Community in Cumberland County, North Carolina
Creators: name: Merritt, Matthew
name: Fernando, Chamara
name: Heindel, Gregory
name: Berdiel, Emilio
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Housing instability is a well-recognized social determinant of health (SDOH). Housing costs can force individuals to spend large portions of income on housing and lead to issues paying rent, mortgages, overcrowding, and moving frequently and is associated with negative health outcomes. Veterans are at a higher risk of housing instability than the general population. In addition, veterans are overrepresented in the population within Cumberland County. An Accountable Care Community will be established in Cumberland County, to address the SDOH of economic instability which exacerbates housing instability. This will be accomplished through housing support initiatives, as well as mental, physical, and rehabilitative services. This includes direct subsidies to alleviate housing costs and a case management referral program. The ACC partners include, but are not limited to, the Department of Public Health, the Cumberland County Veteran Services Office, Fayetteville City Council, Salvation Army Emergency Shelters, Fayetteville Housing Authority and VA Healthcare Providers.
Addressing Walkability to Improve the Neighborhood and Built Environment to Better Quality of Life in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Creators: name: Clay, Kelly
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Research shows that approximately 80% of a person’s overall health is driven by social and environmental factors and the behavior influenced by them, also known as the social determinants of health. Our work focuses on addressing walkability which falls under the scope of the neighborhood and built environment, which is the intersection of the places where people live, work, pray, and play and their health and well-being. Fayetteville North Carolina has a walkability score of 21 out of 100, which is among the lowest in the country. Walkability is defined by how easily residents can walk to and from places in the community such as from
their home, work, and entertainment. There is not an adequate walking infrastructure to support the people who walk as a primary mode of transportation or exercise. The Cumberland County Community Health Needs Assessment documented that 40.1% of the community members do not engage in any physical activity or exercise during the week. Heart disease, diabetes, and other weight-related diseases are among the leading causes of death in the county. We will focus our efforts in Fayetteville, NC and within low-income areas of the city. 

Fayetteville is the large city within Cumberland County and is an ideal location to create an accountable care community. We would like to build on existing infrastructure and systems in an equitable way to ensure low-income communities are experiencing the benefits of walkability. Our proposed policy is to switch to SmartCode Zoning which creates new guidelines for where types of buildings can be placed in the city limits while discouraging suburban sprawl. The goal of this policy is to bring the residents' daily needs closer to where they live so that they can either walk or bike to their destination over driving a car. We must include structures to ensure that we also keep the current residents from being pushed out of their communities due to these changes. Our intended impact from this policy is to reduce the negative health outcomes that
are associated with walkability which are weight-related diseases.
Crossing Statistics of Anisotropic Stochastic Surface
Creators: name: Nezhadhaghighi, M. Ghasemi
name: Movahed, S. M. S.
name: Yasseri, T.
name: Allaei, S. M. Vaez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we propose crossing statistics and its generalization, as a new framework to characterize the anisotropy in a 2D field, e.g. height on a surface, extendable to higher dimensions. By measuring $ν^+$, the number of up-crossing (crossing points with positive slope at a given threshold of height ($α$)), and $N_{tot}$ (the generalized roughness function), it is possible to distinguish the nature of anisotropy, rotational invariance and Gaussianity of any given surface. For the case of anisotropic correlated self- or multi-affine surfaces (even with different correlation lengths in various directions and/or directional scaling exponents), we analytically derive some relations between $ν^+$ and $N_{tot}$ with corresponding scaling parameters. The method systematically distinguishes the directions of anisotropy, at $3σ$ confidence interval using P-value statistics. After applying a typical method in determining the corresponding scaling exponents in identified anisotropic directions, we are able to determine the kind and ratio of correlation length anisotropy. To demonstrate capability and accuracy of the method, as well validity of analytical relations, our proposed measures are calculated on synthetic stochastic rough interfaces and rough interfaces generated from simulation of ion etching. There are good consistencies between analytical and numerical computations. The proposed algorithm can be mounted with a simple software on various instruments for surface analysis and characterization, such as AFM, STM and etc.
description: 13 pages and 11 figures, major revision and add some new references, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
title: Menippean Satire or Counter-Realism? Questions of Genre in Postcolonial Indian Fiction in English by Menen, Desani, Rushdie, and Sealy
Creators: name: Friedman, Amy L.
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2008

description: The focus of my argument is that much of the counter-realist elements in postcolonial writing can be better understood in the more traditional terms of Menippean satire. I explore this premise in works by a cohort of four South Asian authors of satire who have never previously been examined in concert as such: Aubrey Menen, G.V. Desani, Salman Rushdie, and I. Allan Sealy. My investigations have uncovered connections of influence and resonance which make an assiduous case for considering their work as Menippean satire, running counter to extant critical discussions of experimentalism in postcolonial fiction which tend to describe counter-realism in terms of anti-realism, post-realism, and magic realism. In examining Menippean satire I will also be addressing the current wide use of the term, and suggesting that an over-emphasis on its counter-realist and hybrid elements has led to an unfortunate disregard of its roots in satire. Respective chapters on Menen and Desani look at their use of intertextual juxtapositions which begin to shape a postcolonial emphasis on revision and renewal of novelistic language and form. This emphasis is borne out in my examination of Rushdie's Menippean experiments with language and the rhetorical device of ekphrasis to break down boundaries between cultures, histories, and even art forms to depict a hybrid model of global society. I interpret Sealy's perpetual reformatting of the novel in each new work as a series of Menippean challenges to form which assert alternative narrative perspectives and relocate literary traditions. My conclusion looks at the implications of expanding the current limited critical links between satire and postcolonial literature in general, based on my examination of a body of work that connects to and updates the longstanding tradition of Menippean satire.
Ecosystem Strategy in Technology Licensing
Creators: name: Guo, Mingjin
name: Shi, Xianwei
name: Tietze, Frank
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2017
Subjects: Innovation Ecosystem
Ecosystem Strategy
Licensing
Market for Technology

description: The last few decades have witnessed a significant increase in licensing. Firms usually license in or out patents for technology acquisition or exploitation and other strategic purposes. Although literature has discussed the optimal licensing strategy for patent holders, the value of the technology is not completely exploited due to a few reasons. One of the challenges results from the presence of innovation ecosystem, where complementors have great impact on both licensors’ and licensees’ product performance. In this paper we focus on licensors’ ecosystem strategy, i.e. engaging complementors, in their licensing scenarios. By mathematical proof in an extended model based on the literature, we find that involving complementors is profitable for licensors, but involving too many would cause decrease in the profitability. We also conclude that the relative position of the licensor in the licensing competition (i.e. relative numbers of licensees) is the key to determine its ecosystem strategy. When the licensor licenses less aggressively than its competitors and has small transaction cost with complementors, involving complementors is a supportive strategy to its existing licensing strategy. However when the licensor is licensing more than others, engaging complementors would be unfavourable.
(4207) Sarah Annie Oliver
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
THE DYNAMICS OF AGRICULTURAL BASED LIVELIHOODS STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE TO LAND: THE CASE OF QUARA DISTRICT IN NORTH-WESTERN ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: GENANEW AGITEW, DEGSEW MELAK
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016

description: Land is central livelihood asset with the power to shape the livelihood strategies of rural poor. An understanding of dynamics of livelihood strategies induced by land and associated resources is vital to ensure the sustainability of rural livelihood. The main objective of this study was to investigate the dynamics of livelihoods strategies of farm households in response to land using cross-sectional survey addressing both quantitative and qualitative aspects. Techniques such as household survey, focus group discussion, key informant interview and observations using different tools were used to generate data. The results of the study showed that the land ownership of most farm households in the study area was emanated from traditional land ownership system and there exist very high disparity among households. Formalizing land ownership and use is also found to be unfinished business of the study area. Land and associated problems as pushing factors and market, support from government system, availability infrastructure and existing potentials of area as attracting factors have conditioned and shaped the livelihood activities and strategies of farm households. The dynamics of livelihood activities and strategies are demonstrated by the change in terms of farm enterprises and management; and changes in different activities by shifting between agricultural and non agricultural activities. Recommendations from the findings of the study include activity diversification and capacity building to development practitioners