cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Geopolitics of Open Research: Safeguarding Research - by whom and for whom?
title: Keynote presentation
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Chan, Lesile
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Geopolitics
Data Cartel
Extractive Platform
Governance by Metrics
Governance by Infrastructure

description: Keynote presentation at the conference Open Research in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape, Oct. 7-8 2024, University of Waterloo

https://uwaterloo.ca/research/open-research-changing-geo-political-landscape
description: When considering open research in a shifting geopolitical landscape and how to safeguard it, we often focus on state actors and intergovernmental relations. This perspective overlooks the significant role private actors play in reshaping global knowledge production and the new geopolitical order they create. This talk highlights the immense power of the multinational publishing oligopoly and the comprehensive platforms they have developed to capture the entire research lifecycle on a global scale. Their consolidation of power is linked to their control over key metrics and standards, such as journal impact factors and university rankings, as well as the means of producing, certifying, and distributing knowledge.

This concentrated system perpetuates a mode of knowledge production that favours well-resourced actors while further marginalizing those on the periphery, whether in the Global South or North. Additionally, these expansive data analytics platforms function as constant surveillance systems, extracting and repurposing academic labour in ways that enrich the oligopoly and undermine the autonomy of researchers and academic institutions. The same “data cartel” continuously encloses open data and research into walled gardens, accessible to those who can afford the high access fees and institutions eager to improve their reputational rankings.  

I draw attention to the recent class-action anti-trust lawsuit against six multinational publishers and the STM Association, but I argue that legal regulations alone are insufficient to safeguard the autonomy of scientific systems. I conclude by emphasizing the urgent need to critically examine existing systems and refocus attention on who is "opening" science, who benefits, and who is at risk. We must move away from the extractive research practices endorsed by the current incentive structures to achieve equitable openness. Instead, we should realign our values with the public mission of universities, designing institutions that incentivize generative, reciprocal research practices supported by community-governed infrastructures.
SRQR checklist for ‘Protocol for a mixed-methods exploratory investigation of the role of health information technology in the provision of cancer care in Indonesia’
Creators: name: Allsop, Matthew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 109999 Technology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: SRQR checklist for ‘Protocol for a mixed-methods exploratory investigation of the role of health information technology in the provision of cancer care in Indonesia’.
The structure of E10 at higher A9 levels - a first algorithmic approach
Creators: name: Fischbacher, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The conjecture of a hidden $E_{10}$ symmetry of M-theory is supported by the close connection between the dynamics of D=11 supergravity near a spacelike singularity and a truncation of an one-dimensional $σ$-model with $E_{10}$ symmetry where all representations beyond SL(10) level $\ell=3$ are omitted. If this conjecture is right, higher-level representations should especially capture the dynamics of further M-theory degrees of freedom. Unfortunately, the level by level determination of $E_{10}$ commutators which is necessary to extend the model to higher levels is both an involved and toilsome task that requires computer aid. In this work, some of the relevant problems are exposed and algorithmic methods are developed which simplify key steps in the determination of explicit $E_{10}$ commutators at higher levels. As an application, we compute the commutator of the level-two six-form with itself.
description: 26 pages, 1 figure
things to do_Dominic Lash_AFTER #[unassigned]: an Interview with James Saunders
Creators: name: Saunders, James
Publisher: name: BathSPAdata
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 190406 Music Composition
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: things to do is a series of pieces which use a set of instructions in different categories (including noises, pitches, devices and processes) spoken by players and other participants during the performance and which govern the actions made by the players. Players respond to instructions they can hear by realizing the defined actions as soon as possible after they are spoken. The differences in each piece, and the relationships between the players and other participants, are determined by constraints which govern who each player responds to and who gives instructions. It creates modes of interaction between individuals, allows group behaviours to emerge, and reveals the personal characteristics of each performer in an immediate way. Players may use any instruments, sound-producing objects, devices or sound processing equipment (digital, analogue, or acoustic), and performances are characterised by the wide range of personal choices brought together as a group.
This item contains an interview with James Saunders by Dominic Lash which discusses things to do, published in Tempo:
Lash, D, and James Saunders (2016). AFTER #[Unassigned]: An Interview with James Saunders. Tempo 70 (276): 5–21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040298215000947.

The work is under copyright and may not be used without permission. Use of this repository acknowledges cooperation with its policies and relevant copyright law.
CONSUMER PURCHASING BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD SHOPPING AT PUBLIC MARKETS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
Creators: name: Mukiibi, Michael L.
name: Bukenya, James O.
name: Molnar, Joseph J.
name: Siaway, Arthur T.
name: Rigdon, L.
name: Mukiibi, Michael L.
name: Bukenya, James O.
name: Molnar, Joseph J.
name: Siaway, Arthur T.
name: Rigdon, L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics

description: The purpose of this study was to obtain information that could help farmers increase the profitability of their operations and improve the likelihood that they would continue farming. The specific objective was to empirically evaluate which socio-demographic characteristics and purchasing behaviors encourage consumers to patronize farmers markets, in general and public markets, in particular. Data was drawn from telephone survey responses from 502 potential food shoppers in Alabama. Logit model results point to several factors that seem to be strongly correlated with consumer purchasing behaviors and attitudes toward shopping at public markets, including income, education, age of household head, household size, price and quality of produce.
Luminous supernovae associated with ultra-long gamma-ray bursts from hydrogen-free progenitors extended by pulsational pair-instability
Creators: name: Moriya, Takashi J.
name: Marchant, Pablo
name: Blinnikov, Sergei I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the luminous supernovae (SNe) associated with ultra-long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can be related to the slow cooling from the explosions of hydrogen-free progenitors extended by pulsational pair-instability. In the accompanying paper (Marchant & Moriya 2020), we have shown that some rapidly-rotating hydrogen-free GRB progenitors that experience pulsational pair-instability can keep an extended structure caused by pulsational pair-instability until the core collapse. Such progenitors have large radii exceeding 10 Rsun and they sometimes reach beyond 1000 Rsun at the time of the core collapse. They are, therefore, promising progenitors of ultra-long GRBs. We here perform the light-curve modeling of the explosions of one extended hydrogen-free progenitor with a radius of 1962 Rsun. Thanks to the large progenitor radius, the ejecta experience slow cooling after the shock breakout and they become rapidly evolving (~ 1e43 erg/s) SNe in optical even without the energy input from the 56Ni nuclear decay when the explosion energy is more than 1e52 erg. The 56Ni decay energy input can affect the light curves after the optical light-curve peak and make the light-curve decay slow when the 56Ni mass is around 1 Msun. They also have fast photospheric velocity above 10,000 km/s and hot photospheric temperature above 10,000 K at around the peak luminosity. We find that the rapid rise and luminous peak found in the optical light curve of SN 2011kl, which is associated with the ultra-long GRB 111209A, can be explained as the cooling phase of the extended progenitor. The ultra-long GRB progenitors proposed in Marchant & Moriya (2020) can explain both the ultra-long GRB duration and the accompanying SN properties. When the GRB jet is off-axis or choked, the luminous SNe could be observed as fast blue optical transients without accompanying GRBs. (abridged)
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters
Coronal Seismology and the Propagation of Acoustic Waves Along Coronal Loops
Creators: name: Klimchuk, J. A.
name: Tanner, S. E. M.
name: De Moortel, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a combination of analytical theory, numerical simulation, and data analysis to study the propagation of acoustic waves along coronal loops. We show that the intensity perturbation of a wave depends on a number of factors, including dissipation of the wave energy, pressure and temperature gradients in the loop atmosphere, work action between the wave and a flow, and the sensitivity properties of the observing instrument. In particular, the scale length of the intensity perturbation varies directly with the dissipation scale length (i.e., damping length) and the scale lengths of pressure, temperature, and velocity. We simulate wave propagation in three different equilibrium loop models and find that dissipation and pressure and temperature stratification are the most important effects in the low corona where the waves are most easily detected. Velocity effects are small, and cross-sectional area variations play no direct role for lines-of-sight that are normal to the loop axis. The intensity perturbation scale lengths in our simulations agree very well with the scale lengths we measure in a sample of loops observed by TRACE. The median observed value is 4.35x10^9 cm. In some cases the intensity perturbation increases with height, which is likely an indication of a temperature inversion in the loop (i.e., temperature that decreases with height). Our most important conclusion is that thermal conduction, the primary damping mechanism, is accurately described by classical transport theory. There is no need to invoke anomalous processes to explain the observations.
description: To appear in the Dec. 1, 2004 issue of the Astrophysical Journal
Rare Aware: 22q11 Lives. The report of a community project to raise awareness of 22q11 deletion syndrome in Ireland
Creators: name: Dorris, Emma
name: 22q11 Ireland
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Lack of public understanding of complex needs can magnify the challenges faced by those living with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, a complex and rare lifelong disorder. Better public understanding of complex needs can be a major element in promoting community inclusion.
Here, we used a collaborative approach aimed at raising awareness of the rare disease 22q11.2DS. Working together, an academic research institute, a voluntary national rare disease charity and a Civic Social and Political Education second level school class undertook a project to raise awareness of 22q11 deletion syndrome.

This is the report of this project.
Effect of Elastic Deformations on the Multicritical Behavior of Disordered Systems
Creators: name: Belim, S. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A field-theoretical description of the behavior of disordered, elastically isotropic, compressible systems characterized by two order parameters at the bicritical and tetracritical points is presented. The description is performed in the two-loop approximation in three dimensions . The renormalization group equations are analyzed, and the fixed points corresponding to different types of multicritical behavior are determined. It is shown that the effect of elastic deformations causes a change in the regime of the tetracritical behavior of disordered systems because of the interaction of the order parameters through the deformation field.
description: 4 pages
Historische Perspektivenübernahme von Schülerinnen und Schülern beim historischen Urteilen und Argumentieren
Creators: name: Jonas, Katharina
Publisher: name: PAradigma: Beiträge aus Forschung und Lehre aus dem Zentrum für Lehrerbildung und Fachdidaktik
Year: 2017

description: Die Studie untersucht den Zusammenhang der Fähigkeit zur historischen Perspektivenübernahme mit der Fähigkeit zum historischen Urteilen und Argumentieren bei Schülerinnen und Schülern. Mittels quantitativer Inhaltsanalyse wurden 58 Schülertexte hinsichtlich der gezeigten historischen Perspektivenübernahme und hinsichtlich ihrer Argumentationsqualität mit Hilfe der SOLO-Taxonomie von Biggs und Collis (1982) analysiert. Dabei zeigte sich ein signifikanter Zusammenhang der Argumentationsqualität mit dem Niveau der geleisteten historischen Perspektivenübernahme.
description: PAradigma: Beiträge aus Forschung und Lehre aus dem Zentrum für Lehrerbildung und Fachdidaktik, Bd. 7 (2014)
Vestigial Van Hove singularity and higher-temperature superconducting phase induced by perpendicular uniaxial pressures in quasi-two-dimensional superconductors
Creators: name: Shimahara, Hiroshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine quasi-two-dimensional superconductors near half-filling under uniaxial pressures perpendicular to conductive layers (hereafter called perpendicular pressures). It is a natural conjecture that the perpendicular pressure decreases Tc because it increases the interlayer electron hopping energy t_z, which weakens the logarithmic enhancement in the density of states due to the two-dimensional Van Hove singularity. It is shown that, contrary to this conjecture, the perpendicular pressure can significantly enhance Tc in systems off half-filling before it decreases Tc, and the strength of the enhancement significantly depends on the pairing symmetry. When the indices d, d', cz, and sz are defined for the basis functions cos k_x - cos k_y, sin k_x sin k_y, cos k_z, and sin k_z, respectively, it is shown that for s-, d-, cz-, and cz-d-wave pairing, Tc steeply increases with increasing t_z near a cusp at a certain value of t_z. On the other hand, for p-, cz-p-, sz-p-, and d'-wave pairing, Tc is almost unaffected by tz. For sz- and sz-d-wave pairing, Tc exhibits a broad and weak peak. The enhancement in Tc is the largest for this state and the second largest for the d-wave pairing and interlayer singlet (cz-wave) pairing. These results may explain recent observations in Sr2RuO4 under perpendicular pressures. A comparison between the theoretical and experimental results indicates that the p-, cz-p-, and sz-p-wave states, including chiral states, and the d'-wave state are the most likely candidates for the intrinsic 1.5-K phase, and the d-, cz-d-, and cz-wave states are the most likely candidates for the 3-K phase induced by the perpendicular pressure. The cz-p- and sz-p-wave states are interlayer triplet and interlayer singlet p-wave states with horizontal line nodes, respectively.
description: 5 pages, 6 figures
things to do_Wolf Notes statement
Creators: name: Saunders, James
Publisher: name: BathSPAdata
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 190406 Music Composition
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: things to do is a series of pieces which use a set of instructions in different categories (including noises, pitches, devices and processes) spoken by players and other participants during the performance and which govern the actions made by the players. Players respond to instructions they can hear by realizing the defined actions as soon as possible after they are spoken. The differences in each piece, and the relationships between the players and other participants, are determined by constraints which govern who each player responds to and who gives instructions. It creates modes of interaction between individuals, allows group behaviours to emerge, and reveals the personal characteristics of each performer in an immediate way. Players may use any instruments, sound-producing objects, devices or sound processing equipment (digital, analogue, or acoustic), and performances are characterised by the wide range of personal choices brought together as a group.
This item contains a statement about things to do by James Saunders, published in Wolf Notes:Saunders, J. (2015). James Saunders ‘Things to Do.’ Wolf Notes (blog). 2015. https://wolfnotes.org/2017/05/04/james-saunders-things-to-do/#more-366.

Used with permission.
The work is under copyright and may not be used without permission. Use of this repository acknowledges cooperation with its policies and relevant copyright law.
A USABILITY EVALUATION OF TARCAPP MOBILE APPLICATION.pdf
Creators: name: Zahiriddin Rustamov
name: Rustamov, Jaloliddin
name: Chuan, Tan Jun
name: Harrsimran Kaur A/P Atar Singh
name: Aw Kien Sin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 80502 Mobile Technologies
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: TARCApp mobile application is an application used by Tunku Abdul Rahman UniversityCollege students on a daily basis to access necessary resources. Therefore, this study attempts to evaluate the usability of the application by comparing with the Concordia mobile application from the aspects of effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction. Instruments such as Test Task, Single Ease Question (SEQ) and Software Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaires have been used to measure the usability of these mobile applications. Results indicate that the TARCAppmobile application had high degree of effectiveness and efficiency. However, the satisfaction was poor, and some usability issues have been discovered during this study.
Coccotrypes myristicae
Creators: name: Rabaglia, Robert J.
name: Beaver, Roger A.
name: Johnson, Andrew J.
name: Schmaedick, Mark A.
name: Smith, Sarah M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Coccotrypes
Coccotrypes myristicae

description: Coccotrypes myristicae (Roepke)
 Thamnurgides myristicae Roepke, 1919: 24.
 Coccotrypes myristicae (Roepke): Schedl 1938: 10.
Beeson (1929) reported this species from Tutuila (Fagasa). The species occurs throughout the Oriental region and eastwards to New Guinea, Australia and Fiji.
Current survey records: American Samoa: Tutuila Isl.: Leone.
description: Published as part of Rabaglia, Robert J., Beaver, Roger A., Johnson, Andrew J., Schmaedick, Mark A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2020, The bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of American Samoa, pp. 171-195 in Zootaxa 4808 (1) on page 176, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/3927891
Normal mode splitting and mechanical effects of an optical lattice in a ring cavity
Creators: name: Klinner, Julian
name: Lindholdt, Malik
name: Nagorny, Boris
name: Hemmerich, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A novel regime of atom-cavity physics is explored, arising when large atom samples dispersively interact with high-finesse optical cavities. A stable far detuned optical lattice of several million rubidium atoms is formed inside an optical ring resonator by coupling equal amounts of laser light to each propagation direction of a longitudinal cavity mode. An adjacent longitudinal mode, detunedby about 3 GHz, is used to perform probe transmission spectroscopy of the system. The atom-cavity coupling for the lattice beams and the probe is dispersive and dissipation results only from the finite photon-storage time. The observation of two well-resolved normal modes demonstrates the regime of strong cooperative coupling. The details of the normal mode spectrum reveal mechanical effects associated with the retroaction of the probe upon the optical lattice.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Can the U.S. Ethanol Industry Compete in the Alternative Fuels' Market?
Creators: name: Zhang, Zibin
name: Vedenov, Dmitry V.
name: Wetzstein, Michael E.
name: Zhang, Zibin
name: Vedenov, Dmitry V.
name: Wetzstein, Michael E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: The U.S. ethanol fuel industry has experienced preferential treatment from federal and state governments ever since the Energy Tax Act of 1978 exempted 10% ethanol/gasoline blend (gasohol) from the federal excise tax. Combined with a 54¢/gal ethanol import tariff, this exemption was designed to provide incentives for the establishment and development of a U.S. ethanol industry. Despite these tax exemptions, until recently, the U.S. ethanol fuel industry was unable to expand from a limited regional market. Ethanol was dominated in the market by MTBE (methyl-tertiary-butyl ether). Only after MTBE was found to contaminate groundwater and consequently banned in many states did the demand for ethanol expand nationally. Limit pricing on the part of MTBE refiners is one hypothesis that may explain this lack of ethanol entry into the fuel-additives market. As a test of this hypothesis, a structural vector autoregression (SVAR) model of the ethanol fuel market is developed. The results support the hypothesis of limit-pricing behavior on the part of MTBE refiners, and suggest the U.S. corn-based ethanol industry is vulnerable to limit-price competition, which could recur. The dependence of corn-based ethanol price on supply determinants limits U.S. ethanol refiners' ability to price compete with sugar cane-based ethanol refiners. Without federal support, U.S. ethanol refiners may find it difficult to complete with cheaper sugar cane-refined ethanol, chiefly from Brazil.
von Ivánka, Endre: Die letzten Tage von Konstantinopel
Creators: name: Engberding, Hieronymus
Publisher: name: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
Year: 2024

description: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Bd. 39 (1955): Oriens christianus, Band 39
Religiöses Lernen kann man sehen?! Ein empirisches Unterrichtsforschungsprojekt im Katholischen Religionsunterricht
Creators: name: Mendl, Hans
name: Stinglhammer, Manuel
Publisher: name: PAradigma: Beiträge aus Forschung und Lehre aus dem Zentrum für Lehrerbildung und Fachdidaktik
Year: 2017

description: Religiöse Lernprozesse sollen in dieser Studie auf mikrostruktureller Ebene beleuchtet werden. Dabei bilden die Schwierigkeiten der Lehr-Lernforschung im Kontext des katholischen Religionsunterrichts und die Notwendigkeit einer adäquaten Begriffsbestimmung den Ausgangspunkt. Mit Hilfe von videografierten Unterrichtsaufzeichnungen, Interviews mit den Lernenden und den Lehrkräften wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie sich die Lernprozesse von Schülerinnen und Schüler gestalten. Wesentliche Erkenntnis infolge inhaltsanalytischer Auswertungsmethodik ist, dass Lehrende eher eindimensionale Verknüpfungsleistungen einfordern, komplexere Vernetzungsleistungen mit anderen Themen oder biblischen Erzählungen kaum anregen. Wenn Schülerinnen und Schüler trotzdem zu umfassenderen Verknüpfungen kommen, werden diese für weitere Lernprozesse in der Klasse kaum nutzbar gemacht. Die Kommunikation verbleibt meist auf der Ebene eines Lehrer-Schüler-Gespräches, eine Verständigung zwischen den Schülern ist selten.
description: PAradigma: Beiträge aus Forschung und Lehre aus dem Zentrum für Lehrerbildung und Fachdidaktik, Bd. 7 (2014)
New Estimation Strategies for Demand Threshold Models in the Southern United States
Creators: name: Hong, Junpyo
name: Fannin, James Matthew
name: Hong, Junpyo
name: Fannin, James Matthew
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Demand Threshold Analysis
subject: Central Place Theory

description: This paper estimates demand threshold models using both first generation log-log models and second generation Tobit models to zip code areas in the Southern US. Results of own-place demographic and economic variables were consistent with previous studies but impacts of neighboring zip codes contrasted previous studies.
Neutrino Mass and Grand Unification
Creators: name: Mohapatra, R. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Seesaw mechanism appears to be the simplest and most appealing way to understand small neutrino masses observed in recent experiments. It introduces three right handed neutrinos with heavy masses to the standard model, with at least one mass required by data to be close to the scale of conventional grand unified theories. This may be a hint that the new physics scale implied by neutrino masses and grand unification of forces are one and the same. Taking this point of view seriously, I explore different ways to resolve the puzzle of large neutrino mixings in grand unified theories such as SO(10) and models based on its subgroup $SU(2)_L\times SU(2)_R\times SU(4)_c$.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures; Invited talk at the Nobel Symposium 129 on Neutrinos at Haga Slott, Sweden, August, 2004
Probing Dark Low-mass Halos and Primordial Black Holes with Frequency-dependent Gravitational Lensing Dispersions of Gravitational Waves
Creators: name: Oguri, Masamune
name: Takahashi, Ryuichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the possibility of using amplitude and phase fluctuations of gravitational waves due to gravitational lensing as a probe of the small-scale matter power spectrum. The direct measurement of the small-scale matter power spectrum is made possible by making use of the frequency dependence of such gravitational lensing dispersions originating from the wave optics nature of the propagation of gravitational waves. We first study the small-scale behavior of the matter power spectrum in detail taking the so-called halo model approach including effects of baryons and subhalos. We find that the matter power spectrum at the wavenumber $k\sim 10^6h{\rm Mpc}^{-1}$ is mainly determined by the abundance of dark low-mass halos with mass $1h^{-1}M_\odot \lesssim M \lesssim 10^4h^{-1}M_\odot$ and is relatively insensitive to baryonic effects. The matter power spectrum at this wavenumber is probed by gravitational lensing dispersions of gravitational waves at frequencies of $f\sim 0.1-1$~Hz with predicted signals of $\mathcal{O}(10^{-3})$. We also find that primordial black holes (PBHs) with $M_{\rm PBH} \gtrsim 0.1~M_\odot$ can significantly enhance the matter power spectrum at $k \gtrsim 10^5h{\rm Mpc}^{-1}$ due to both the enhanced halo formation and the shot noise from PBHs. We find that gravitational lensing dispersions at $f\sim 10-100$~Hz are particularly sensitive to PBHs and can be enhanced by more than an order of magnitude depending on the mass and abundance of PBHs.
description: 23 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
ReHyb: D2.1 Use case scenarios and stakeholder identification
Creators: name: Krewer, Carmen
name: Höhler, Chiara
name: de Crignis, Alexandra
name: Palumbo, Giovanna
name: Rossini, Mauro
name: Specchia, Alessandro
name: Mura, Anna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: use case scenarios, stakeholders, requirements

description: The deliverable identifies stakeholders for the project’s R&D, and analyses user requirements and expectations in order to establish use case scenarios.
Optimal agricultural policy and PSE measurement: an assessment and application to Norway
Creators: name: Blandford, David
name: Brunstad, Rolf Jens
name: Gaasland, Ivar
name: Vardal, Erling
name: Blandford, David
name: Brunstad, Rolf Jens
name: Gaasland, Ivar
name: Vardal, Erling
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural policy
subject: trade distortion
subject: domestic support
subject: producer subsidy estimate (PSE)

description: The producer support estimate (the successor to the producer support equivalent) calculated by the OECD is widely used as an indicator of distortions created by agricultural policies. In this paper we demonstrate that changes in the relative (percentage) PSE are not an accurate indicator of the implications of policy reform for domestic welfare or for trade distortions. We demonstrate that it is important to consider the implications of changes in both the level and the form of support in evaluating the impact of policy reform. Using a model of Norwegian agriculture we show that reforms indicated towards the provision of public goods, while apparently leading to an increase in relative support, are actually superior to existing agricultural policies or to a policy aimed at eliminating subsidized exports both in terms of reducing trade distortions and increasing domestic economic welfare.
Three-dimensional black holes from deformed anti-de Sitter
Creators: name: Detournay, Stephane
name: Orlando, Domenico
name: Petropoulos, P. Marios
name: Spindel, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new exact three-dimensional black-string backgrounds, which contain both NS--NS and electromagnetic fields, and generalize the BTZ black holes and the black string studied by Horne and Horowitz. They are obtained as deformations of the Sl(2,R) WZW model. Black holes resulting from purely continuous deformations possess true curvature singularities. When discrete identifications are introduced, extra chronological singularities appear, which under certain circumstances turn out to be naked. The backgrounds at hand appear in the moduli space of the Sl(2,R) WZW model. Hence, they provide exact string backgrounds and allow for a more algebraical CFT description. This makes possible the determination of the spectrum of primaries.
description: JHEP style, 33 pages, 1 figure
Standard Model statistics of a Type II orientifold
Creators: name: Gmeiner, Florian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse four-dimensional, supersymmetric intersecting D-brane models in a toroidal orientifold background from a statistical perspective. The distribution and correlation of observables, like gauge groups and couplings, are discussed. We focus on models with a Standard Model-like gauge sector, derive frequency distributions for their occurence and analyse the properties of the hidden sector.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures; v2: typos corrected, one reference added; Contribution to the proceedings of the RTN workshop "Constituents, Fundamental Forces and Symmetries of the Universe", Corfu, Greece, 20-26 Sep 2005
New developer metrics: Are comments as crucial as code contributions?
Creators: name: Şeker, Abdulkadir
name: Diri, Banu
name: Arslan, Halil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Open-source code development has become widespread in recent years. As a result, open-source software platforms have also become popular, and millions of developers from diverse locations are able to contribute to the same projects. On these platforms, various knowledge about them is obtained from user activity. This information is used in the form of developer metrics to solve a variety of challenges. In this study, we proposed new developer metrics, including commenting and issue-related activity, that require less information. We concluded that commenting on any feature of a project can be equally as valuable as code contribution. In addition, besides the quantitative ones, metrics based on only the existence of the activity have been shown to offer also considerable results. We saw that issues were crucial in identifying user contributions. Even if a developer makes a contribution to only one issue on a project, the relation between the developer and the project is tight. The hit scores are relatively lower because of the sparsity problem of our dataset; even so, we believe that we have presented improvable and remarkable new developer metrics.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures, This study submitted to Journal of Science China Information Sciences
Europa im 15. Jahrhundert, von Byzantinern gesehen
Creators: name: Engberding, Hieronymus
Publisher: name: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
Year: 2024

description: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Bd. 39 (1955): Oriens christianus, Band 39
Simulating a Market for Tradable Greenhouse Gas Emissions Permits amongst Irish Farmers
Creators: name: Breen, James P.
name: Breen, James P.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Farm level modelling
subject: greenhouse gas emissions
subject: tradable emissions permits

description: Research into Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from Irish agriculture has focused on two main themes (i) projecting future emission levels and (ii) devising abatement strategies at the farm level such as changes in animal diet, better waste management and or changes in farm management practices. These abatement strategies will have costs associated with them some of which, such as capital investment or reducing livestock numbers, may be substantial. However economic theory indicates that market based solutions such as tradable emissions permits (TEP’s) are the least cost means of achieving desired reductions in emissions. To date within Europe a regulatory approach has been favoured when trying to curtail emissions from agriculture, the Nitrates Directive being a recent example. This paper seeks to compare the impact on farm incomes of a regulatory approach to emissions abatement with a TEP’s approach. In order to do this data from the Irish National Farm Survey is used to construct a farm-level Linear Programming (LP) model for each farmer within the dataset. Firstly a baseline scenario with no constraint on emissions is run. We then enforce a 20 percent reduction in emissions and the impact on farm incomes is measured. The LP model is then used to determine each farmers shadow value for a TEP. These shadow values are then weighted up to estimate the supply and demand and used to simulate a market for TEP’s and the farm income is re-estimated. Finally the implications for farm incomes of both abatement strategies are compared with the baseline scenario.
Resistance noise scaling in a 2D system in GaAs
Creators: name: Leturcq, R.
name: Deville, G.
name: L'Hote, D.
name: Tourbot, R.
name: Mellor, C. J.
name: Henini, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The 1/f resistance noise of a two-dimensional (2D) hole system in a high mobility GaAs quantum well has been measured on both sides of the 2D metal-insulator transition (MIT) at zero magnetic field (B=0), and deep in the insulating regime. The two measurement methods used are described: I or V fixed, and measurement of resp. V or I fluctuations. The normalized noise magnitude SR/R^2 increases strongly when the hole density is decreased, and its temperature (T) dependence goes from a slight increase with T at the largest densities, to a strong decrease at low density. We find that the noise magnitude scales with the resistance, SR /R^2 ~ R^2.4. Such a scaling is expected for a second order phase transition or a percolation transition. The possible presence of such a transition is investigated by studying the dependence of the conductivity as a function of the density. This dependence is consistent with a critical behavior close to a critical density p* lower than the usual MIT critical density pc.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures, Proceedings of SPIE: Fluctuations and noise in materials, D. Popovic, M.B. Weissman, Z.A. Racz Eds., Vol. 5469, pp. 101-113, Mspalomas, Spain, 2004
Coccotrypes tutuilensis
Creators: name: Rabaglia, Robert J.
name: Beaver, Roger A.
name: Johnson, Andrew J.
name: Schmaedick, Mark A.
name: Smith, Sarah M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Coccotrypes
Coccotrypes tutuilensis

description: Coccotrypes tutuilensis (Beeson)
 Thamnurgides tutuilensis Beeson, 1929: 229.
 Coccotrypes tutuilensis (Beeson): Beaver 1987a: 64.
 Poecilips fijianus Schedl, 1942b: 179. Synonymy: Beaver 1991: 88.
 Poecilips tapatapaoanus Schedl, 1951: 149. Synonymy: Beaver 1991: 89.
Beeson (1929) described this species from Tutuila (Fagasa). It is also recorded from Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa and Tonga.
Current survey records: American Samoa: Tutuila Isl.: Malaeimi, Pago Pago.
description: Published as part of Rabaglia, Robert J., Beaver, Roger A., Johnson, Andrew J., Schmaedick, Mark A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2020, The bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of American Samoa, pp. 171-195 in Zootaxa 4808 (1) on page 177, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/3927891
Resampling with neural networks for stochastic parameterization in multiscale systems
Creators: name: Crommelin, Daan
name: Edeling, Wouter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In simulations of multiscale dynamical systems, not all relevant processes can be resolved explicitly. Taking the effect of the unresolved processes into account is important, which introduces the need for paramerizations. We present a machine-learning method, used for the conditional resampling of observations or reference data from a fully resolved simulation. It is based on the probabilistic classiffcation of subsets of reference data, conditioned on macroscopic variables. This method is used to formulate a parameterization that is stochastic, taking the uncertainty of the unresolved scales into account. We validate our approach on the Lorenz 96 system, using two different parameter settings which are challenging for parameterization methods.
description: 27 pages, 17 figures. Submitted
Untangling the spin of a dark boson in $Z$ decays
Creators: name: Comelato, A.
name: Gabrielli, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the $Z$-boson decay $Z\to γ\, X$ into a photon ($γ$) plus a hypothetical light boson ($X$) belonging to a dark or secluded sector. Due to its feeble interactions with Standard Model fields, this dark boson is behaving as missing energy in the detector. We consider for $X$ the cases of spin-1 (massless dark-photon), spin-0 (axion-like), and spin-2 (graviton-like) particles and explore the way to untangle its spin origin. All these scenarios predict a universal signature for this decay, characterized by a single mono-chromatic photon in the $Z$ center of mass, with energy about half of the $Z$ mass, plus a neutrino-like missing energy associated to the $X$ boson. We show that if the $Z\to γ\, X$ signal should be discovered at $e^+e^-$ colliders, the angular distribution of the mono-chromatic photon in $e^+e^-\to Z\to γ\, X$ can provide a clean probe to discriminate between the $J=1$ and alternative $J=0/2$ spin nature of the $X$ dark boson.
description: 22 pages, 2 figures, improved text, new results added, same as PRD published version
Forecasting the Adoption of GM Oilseed Rape: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment
Creators: name: Breustedt, Gunnar
name: Muller-Scheessel, Jorg
name: Latacz-Lohmann, Uwe
name: Breustedt, Gunnar
name: Muller-Scheessel, Jorg
name: Latacz-Lohmann, Uwe
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: adoption forecast
subject: choice experiment
subject: genetically modified oilseed rape
subject: multinomial probit
subject: technology adoption

description: This paper explores farmers’ willingness to adopt genetically modified oilseed rape prior to its commercial release and estimates the ‘demand’ for the new technology. The analysis is based upon choice experiments with 202 German arable farmers. A multinomial probit estimation revealed that GM attributes such as gross margin, expected liability from cross pollination, or flexibility in returning to conventional oilseed rape significantly affect the likelihood of adoption. Neighbouring farmers’ attitudes towards GM cropping and a number of farmer and farm characteristics were also found to be significant determinants of prospective adoption. Demand simulations suggest that adoption rates are very sensitive to the profit difference between GM and non-GM rape varieties. A monopolistic seed price would substantially reduce demand for the new technology. A monopolistic seed supplier would reap between 45 and 80 per cent of the GM rent, and the deadweight loss of the monopoly would range between 15 and 30 per cent of that rent. The remaining rent for farmers may be too small to outweigh possible producer price discounts resulting from the costs of segregating GM and non-GM oilseed rape along the supply chain.
Mapping preferences for the restoration of environmental damage caused by illegal dumping
Creators: name: Campbell, Danny
name: Sinclair, Victoria
name: Campbell, Danny
name: Sinclair, Victoria
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: discrete choice experiments
subject: environmental restoration
subject: geostatistical analysis
subject: random parameters logit
subject: spatial dependence
subject: illegal dumping
subject: willingness to pay

description: In this paper we use a discrete choice experiment to elicit the economic benefits associated with restoring environmental damage caused by illegal dumping activities. Our study focuses on an extensive rural upland area close to Belfast, where illegal dumping activities are prevalent. Using a random parameters logit model to account for unobserved taste heterogeneity, we exploit the panel nature of the dataset to retrieve partworths, or willingness to pay (WTP) values, for every individual in the sample. We subsequently investigate the existence of spatial dependence of these estimates. As a means of benefit transfer, we also employ geostatistical methods to extend across the whole of the study area the WTP estimates derived from the collected data. The resulting data are mapped and used to illustrate the implied spatial variation and local disparities in WTP for the different approaches used to restore the environmental damage caused by illegal dumping. The geographical mapping of the results is shown to add considerably more explanatory power to the welfare estimates derived from the discrete choice experiment.
Some Arithmetic Properties of the q-Euler Numbers and q-Salié Numbers
Creators: name: Guo, Victor J. W.
name: Zeng, Jiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05A30, 05A15, 11A07

description: For m>n\geq 0 and 1\leq d\leq m, it is shown that the q-Euler number E_{2m}(q) is congruent to q^{m-n}E_{2n}(q) mod (1+q^d) if and only if m\equiv n mod d. The q-Salié number S_{2n}(q) is shown to be divisible by (1+q^{2r+1})^{\left\lfloor \frac{n}{2r+1}\right\rfloor} for any r\geq 0. Furthermore, similar congruences for the generalized q-Euler numbers are also obtained, and some conjectures are formulated.
description: 12 pages, see also http://math.univ-lyon1.fr/~guo
Solid-Electrolyte Interphase During Battery Cycling: Theory of Growth Regimes
Creators: name: von Kolzenberg, Lars
name: Latz, Arnulf
name: Horstmann, Birger
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The capacity fade of modern lithium ion batteries is mainly caused by the formation and growth of the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI). Numerous continuum models support its understanding and mitigation by studying SEI growth during battery storage. However, only a few electrochemical models discuss SEI growth during battery operation. In this article, we develop a continuum model, which consistently captures the influence of open circuit potential, current direction, current magnitude, and cycle number on the growth of the SEI. Our model is based on the formation and diffusion of neutral lithium atoms, which carry electrons through the SEI. Recent short- and long-term experiments provide validation for our model. We show that SEI growth is either reaction, diffusion, or migration limited. For the first time, we model the transition between these mechanisms and explain empirically derived capacity fade models of the form $ΔQ\propto t^β$ with $0 \leq β\leq 1$. Based on our model, we identify critical operation conditions accelerating SEI growth.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures
The Origin, Development And Structure Of Demand For Plant Genetic Resources. The Impact Of The In Trust Agreements To The CGIAR Collections Availability
Creators: name: Caracciolo, Francesco
name: Gotor, Elisabetta
name: Holloway, Garth J.
name: Watts, Jamie
name: Caracciolo, Francesco
name: Gotor, Elisabetta
name: Holloway, Garth J.
name: Watts, Jamie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Crop genetic resources
subject: germplasm collection
subject: search theoretic framework
subject: count data
subject: changepoints

description: The objective of this paper is to explore how the demand of germplasm held by CGIAR genebanks changed over time in order to assess the possible influence of the 1994 In Trust Agreements on germplasm demand. The proposed theoretic model motivates the realistic hypothesis that the consequences of the In-Trust Agreements lead to an enhancement of CGIAR germplasm utilization. Therefore the paper firstly examines the classical literature on biodiversity’s valuation and its recent developments and subsequently it investigates the origin of the agricultural biodiversity’s economic value, providing a basic conceptual framework to infer on factors determining the demand for germplasm. Two Bayesian estimation frameworks are applied to the IRRI accessions distribution’s time-series to provide formal evidence to the hypothesis, exploiting Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, Gibbs sampling in particular. Evidence suggests that the demand variation implies a change in the genetic collections economic value, impacting therefore on their direct use search value.