cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hydrodynamics and zooplankton ecology in the Tamar Estuary, northern Tasmania, with special emphasis on larval fishes
Creators: name: Lara-Lopez, A
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis describes results of a comprehensive study of the Tamar Estuary, a highly flushed system in northern Tasmania, conducted to investigate the link between hydrodynamic processes and zooplankton biomass with particular emphasis on larval fish dynamics. It comprised extensive plankton sampling together with measurements of physical parameters, between October 2001 and November 2002, including three 24-hour sampling sessions in the lower estuary to ascertain the effect of tidal currents in the transport of fishes. The Tamar was classified as a partially mixed estuary (Type 2a), based on salinity distribution, current velocities and freshwater flow. The weak vertical temperature and salinity stratification, together with strong mean current velocities (2 m/s), indicated a lack of two-layered circulation, and hence absence of a net upstream flow along the bottom. The study yielded 80,837 larval fishes representing 44 families, with catches dominated by gobiids, blenniids, clinids and engraulids. Temperature was found to be the most important variable driving temporal changes in zooplankton biomass and larval concentrations. Peaks in zooplankton biomass and larval concentrations occurred simultaneously in November, both in 2001 and 2002, at temperatures approx. 15 C, and lasted approx.2 months. Results suggest that the commencement and intensity of spawning in the Tamar may be triggered by changes in abiotic factors, such as increasing temperature and moderate freshwater flow, whereas spawning duration may be linked to biotic factors such as the presence of potential predators and food availability. No evident pattern in the spatial distribution, both of zooplankton biomass and larval fishes was observed during the peak abundance period. The spatial structuring of the larval assemblage was driven by salinity, with one assemblage representing mostly estuarine-spawned larvae (mouth to 35 km upstream), and the other representing larvae of freshwater taxa (>35 km). The geographical extent of each assemblage could be associated with the strong diffusive forces of tidal currents, which also affected zooplankton biomass. An estuarine transport model used to investigate fish movements along the lower estuary was able to accurately predict concentrations of virtual larvae early in the season, as they behaved similar to passive particles. However, it was unable to accurately predict concentrations later in the season, likely because most larvae were displaying a behaviour different to passive particles due to increased swimming ability. Strategies likely helping retention and survival of larvae in the Tamar Estuary include a short (approx.months), defined occurrence period that is well-timed with zooplankton production, and location where these larvae are spawned within the estuary.
Additional file 1 of Capacity building of health care professionals to perform interprofessional management of non-communicable diseases in primary care – experiences from Ukraine
Creators: name: Laatikainen, Tiina
name: Dumcheva, Anastasiya
name: Kiriazova, Tetiana
name: Zeziulin, Oleksandr
name: Inglin, Laura
name: Collins, Dylan
name: Farrington, Jill
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Contents of the online standardized data collection form used to extract data from individual patient records. Supplementary Table 2. The semi-structured focus group interview scheme. Supplementary Table 3. Clinic facility and patient pathway observation scheme. Supplementary Table 4. Process and outcome indicators at baseline and follow-up by region, % (n).
Advances in Calibration and Imaging Techniques in Radio Interferometry
Creators: name: Rau, U.
name: Bhatnagar, S.
name: Voronkov, M. A.
name: Cornwell, T. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper summarizes some of the major calibration and image reconstruction techniques used in radio interferometry and describes them in a common mathematical framework. The use of this framework has a number of benefits, ranging from clarification of the fundamentals, use of standard numerical optimization techniques, and generalization or specialization to new algorithms.
L'Art de La Fontaine.
Creators: name: Seidelman, Racheline
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Dans cette thèse nous avons essayé de faire une analyse de quelques éléments du style insaisissable de La Fontaine. En relevant le trait saillant du style du poète : la négligence préconçue, nons avons montré comment ce trait sert de clé, de fil unificateur qui parcourt les Fables. Dans la prosodie, l'élégance transparente du mètre, de la rime, et de la structure crée un rythme heurté du langage parlé, tandis que les figures de style et l'ironie de l’imagination poétique démontrent le calcul minutieux du poète. Or, le style de La Fontaine dans les Fables est un style paradoxal, à la fois, familier et élégant.
title: Seven Gaping Holes in our Knowledge of Corporate Governance
Creators: name: Larcker, David F.
name: Tayan, Brian
Publisher: name: Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Year: 2023

description: In this Closer Look, we highlight significant “holes” in our knowledge of corporate governance. These are central issues where insufficient or inadequate study has left us unable to answer basic questions, and where key assumptions relied upon by experts have not been verified or validated. While the concepts we review are not exhaustive, each is critical to our understanding of the proper functioning of governance, including board oversight, the recruitment of CEO talent, the size and structure of CEO pay, and the advancement of shareholder and stakeholder welfare. We ask: What practices make a board effective? What are the real factors that determine whether a director is “independent”? How scarce is CEO talent, and how efficient is the labor market for CEOs? How much value is a CEO directly responsible for creating and how much pay should they be offered? Are companies currently aligning pay and performance in the right way? Does the composition of a company’s shareholder base influence the decisions the board and management make? What role should stakeholder needs play in corporate decision making? Would outcomes improve (or be worse) if more investment were made toward ESG?
title: The Effects of Feeding a High Level of Rumen Protected Fat with Rumen Undegradable Protein With or Without Niacin on Rumen Fermentation Characteristics, Apparent Nutrient Digestibility, and Milk Production in the Early to Mid Lactation Holstein Cow
Creators: name: Batallas, Carlos Eduardo
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1992

description: Forty high producing early to mid lactation Holstein cows were blocked according to stage of lactation and previous two-week milk yield (experiment 1) . Eight ruminally and duodenally cannulated nonlactating Holstein cows were used for experiment 2. The objective was to determine the effects of the ration's high fat content (11.53%) when rumen degradable or rumen undegradable protein is fed with or without added niacin. Cows received one of five treatments: 1) basal ration (TMR); 2) basal ration with added rumen undegradable fat (RUF) (1.6 kg); soybean meal (SBM) (1.73 kg), and niacin (12 g); 3) same as treatment 2, without niacin; 4) same as treatment 2 but replacing the soybean meal with undegradable protein (UIP) (1.9 kg ) ; and 5) same as treatment 4, without niacin. Rations and water were offered ad-libitum for 10 weeks. Intake for experiment 2 was limited to 18 kg TMR, 0 .76 kg RUF, 0 .88 kg SBM or UIP, and 6 g niacin. All cows in experiment 2 received the five treatments by the end of five collection periods separated by 21 d adaption. RUF increased dry matter intake (22.95 vs. 23 . 72 kg/d ) and mean body weight (607 vs. 637 kg ) , but decreased milk protein, lactose and SNF (proportion and yield); and 4% FCM without affecting daily milk yield. RUF, SBM, and N did not affect milk production. Milk protein percentage, protein yield, lactose percentage, SNF percentage, and yield were decreased by UIP supplementation. Niacin had a negative effect on milk fat percentage and yield, and milk protein percentage when fed with RUF and UIP . Supplements did not affect milk protein components. RUF increased plasma glucose (56.8 vs. 63.5). RUF addition increased AD and ND digestibility while decreased fatty acid digestibility. UIP improved ND digestibility in the lactation trial. For experiment 2, UIP increased rumen propionate percentage, thus reducing acetate to propionate ratio. Niacin increased total VFA production (128.6 vs. 114.3 umol/ml) . RUF, UIP, and niacin increased total bacterial population. RUF reduced cellulolytic bacteria in rumen fluid. Nutrient rate of passage and digestibility were unaffected by treatments except for dry matter and RUF digestibility that were reduced by RUF supplementation.
Pairwise Summation Approximation of Casimir energy from first principles
Creators: name: Rodriguez-Lopez, Pablo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain the Pairwise Summation Approximation (PSA) of the Casimir energy from first principles in the soft dielectric and soft diamagnetic limit, so we find that the PSA is an asymptotic approximation of the Casimir energy valid for large distances between the objects. We also obtain the PSA for the electromagnetic coupling part of the Casimir energy, so we are able to complete the PSA limit at a first time for the complete electromagnetic field.
description: 9 pages, no figures
title: Mega Grants: Why Would A Board Approve Nine-Figure CEO Pay?
Creators: name: Larcker, David F.
name: Tayan, Brian
Publisher: name: Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Year: 2023

description: Recent years have seen a reemergence of the practice of awarding “mega grants” to CEOs. Mega grants are large, one-time equity awards granted in lieu of or in addition to annual awards with the intended purpose of providing significant incentive to the CEO to achieve long-term targets. The practice of awarding mega grants is controversial because of their size. In this Closer Look, we examine the types of awards granted, the circumstances of their grant, and shareholder reaction. We ask: Why would a board draw attention and controversy to itself by awarding a mega grant to its CEO? What added incentive does a CEO receive from a one-time, large award instead of multiple annual awards over time? Who actually initiates a discussion about a potential mega grant: the CEO or the board? What are the implications for the firm and its shareholders if targets are missed and the CEO perceives no chance of receiving a payout from the grant?
Long-distance remote comparison of ultrastable optical frequencies with 1e-15 instability in fractions of a second
Creators: name: Pape, Andre
name: Terra, Osama
name: Friebe, Jan
name: Riedmann, Matthias
name: Wübbena, Temmo
name: Rasel, Ernst-Maria
name: Predehl, Katharina
name: Legero, Thomas
name: Lipphardt, Burghard
name: Schnatz, Harald
name: Grosche, Gesine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate a fully optical, long-distance remote comparison of independent ultrastable optical frequencies reaching a short term stability that is superior to any reported remote comparison of optical frequencies. We use two ultrastable lasers, which are separated by a geographical distance of more than 50 km, and compare them via a 73 km long phase-stabilized fiber in a commercial telecommunication network. The remote characterization spans more than one optical octave and reaches a fractional frequency instability between the independent ultrastable laser systems of 3e-15 in 0.1 s. The achieved performance at 100 ms represents an improvement by one order of magnitude to any previously reported remote comparison of optical frequencies and enables future remote dissemination of the stability of 100 mHz linewidth lasers within seconds.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
A big round hole in the elbow
Creators: name: Dharmshaktu, Ganesh Singh
name: Pangtey, Tanuja
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Clinical microbiology
Diagnostic radiography
Infectious diseases
Orthopaedics
Radiology and organ imaging
Rheumatology and arthritis

description: an uncommon presentation of a commn disease in the endemic region is described in the form of a radiology quiz
Additional file 1 of Immunogenicity and safety of a live herpes zoster vaccine in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
Creators: name: Chun, June Young
name: Kichun Kim
name: Lee, Min Kyeong
name: Kang, Chang Kyung
name: Youngil Koh
name: Dong-Yeop Shin
name: Junshik Hong
name: Pyoeng Gyun Choe
name: Kim, Nam Joong
name: Yoon, Sung-Soo
name: Park, Wan Beom
name: Inho Kim
name: Myoung-Don Oh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Humoral and cellular responses after Herpes Zoster vaccination. Supplementary Table 2. Humoral responses after Herpes Zoster vaccination by shingles history. Supplementary Table 3. Cellular responses after Herpes Zoster vaccination by shingles history.
title: An Analytical Study of the Short-run Variability of Korea's Balance of Payments, 1961-85: Application of Keynesian and Monetary Approaches to the Problem
Creators: name: Kim, Dong Yeub
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1989

description: The relationships among the balance of payments and other macroeconomic variables in the Korean economy for the period 1961-85 are analyzed in this study. Theoretical studies on the effects of government policies on the economy and the balance of payments were conducted under both the Keynesian and monetary approaches. The Keynesian approach concentrates on the commodity and capital market adjustment factors and does not focus on the money market factors, whereas the monetary approach considers the balance of payments adjustments as a symptom of money market disequilibrium alone.
The basic assumptions of those two approaches, taken seperately, are not fully relevant to the Korean economy, which has unemployed resources, a high proportion of non-traded goods to traded goods, and monetary effects of balance of payments changes. Therefore, a model combining monetary and real factors to explain the short-run behavior of Korea's balance of payments in a single framework is developed.
The empirical results of the combined model show that its explanatory power is much higher than either of the two models taken separately. For balance of payments adjustment policy in Korea during the period 1961-85, fiscal and foreign exchange rate policy instruments were found to be very effective in the short-run, but monetary policy instruments were not.
title: Some Factors Affecting the Postpartum Interval in Sheep
Creators: name: Simoes, Jose Pedro Cannas
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1989

description: The effect of genotype on the occurrence of ovulation and estrus during the interval from lambing to ovulation accompanied by estrus (postpartum interval) was measured in White-Face and Black-Face ewes that lambed during the breeding season in 1986 and 1987. A group of St. Croix ewes was added to the study in 1987. The influence of lactation on the events of the postpartum interval was measured by comparing intact and mastectomized White-Face and Black-Face ewes. The effect of prolactin on postpartum interval was measured in these two genotypes and in a group of bromocriptine-treated Black-Face ewes that lambed in 1986.
1. The interval between parturition and first ovulation was not influenced by genotype or lactation but differed between years (P
title: The Pharmacodynamics and Toxicodynamics of Inotropic Drugs in Calves With Natural and Artificial Hearts
Creators: name: Everett, Scott D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1994

description: Inotropic support for the failing myocardium as the therapy for xi congestive heart failure (CHF) is intended to achieve an increase in cardiac output via positive responses in myocardial contractility and vasodilation. A novel approach to differentiate these two responses is the use of an animal with an implanted total artificial heart (TAH). Three inotropic drugs, dobutamine, enoximone, and pimobendan, were tested in eight animals with their natural heart intact and five animals implanted with a TAH. Baseline values of the TAH and natural heart (NH) were compared to determine their hemodynamic similarities. Each of the three drugs was given randomly to the animals in dosages similar to human clinical doses. Peak responses were recorded and analyzed. All three drugs caused an increase in contractility and cardiac output in the NH animals. Dobutamine and pimobendan also caused a significant increase in heart rate at higher dosages whereas enoximone did not. Dobutamine caused an increase in left ventricle work, as did pimobendan at the first dose given; at higher doses of pimobendan, the left ventricular work returned to baseline. However, at the doses tested, the left ventricular stroke work during enoximone administration decreased.
Vasodilation (the only drug stimulation response in the TAH model) was also observed with the administration of the drugs in T AH animals, and all three caused decreases in systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance. Dobutamine and pimobendan caused an increase in left and right atrial pressures (because of the mechanical heart not being adjusted to compensate the increased return). There was also a reduction in systemic and pulmonary resistance. Enoximone caused severe pulmonary hypertension in the TAH animals, possibly due to stimulus of platelets to release vasoconstrictive substances. Thus, dobutamine, enoximone, and pimobendan significantly contribute to increases in output by vasodilation in animals with a natural heart. Similarly, dobutamine and pimobendan's vasodilatory action is identified in an animal with a TAH. However, enoximone's hypertensive action on the pulmonary vasculature of a TAH animal may offer an insight to the toxicity of enoximone when used after recent surgery.
Detection of a Temperature Inversion in the Broadband Infrared Emission Spectrum of TrES-4
Creators: name: Knutson, Heather A.
name: Charbonneau, David
name: Burrows, Adam
name: O'Donovan, Francis T.
name: Mandushev, Georgi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We estimate the strength of the bandpass-integrated thermal emission from the extrasolar planet TrES-4 at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 micron using the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on the Spitzer Space Telescope. We find relative eclipse depths of 0.137 +/- 0.011%, 0.148 +/- 0.016%, 0.261 +/- 0.059%, and 0.318 +/- 0.044% in these four bandpasses, respectively. We also place a 2 sigma upper limit of 0.37% on the depth of the secondary eclipse in the 16 micron IRS peak-up array. These eclipse depths reveal that TrES-4 has an emission spectrum similar to that of HD 209458b, which requires the presence of water emission bands created by an thermal inversion layer high in the atmosphere in order to explain the observed features. TrES-4 receives more radiation from its star than HD 209458b and has a correspondingly higher effective temperature, therefore the presence of a temperature inversion in this planet's atmosphere lends support to the idea that inversions might be correlated with the irradiance received by the planet. We find no evidence for any offset in the timing of the secondary eclipse, and place a 3 sigma upper limit of |ecos(omega)|<0.0058 where e is the planet's orbital eccentricity and omega is the argument of pericenter. From this we conclude that tidal heating from ongoing orbital circulatization is unlikely to be the explanation for TrES-4's inflated radius.
description: 10 pages in emulateapj format, 7 figures (some in color), accepted for publication in ApJ
title: Measurement of the Economic Effects of Trade Liberalization Policy in Taiwan
Creators: name: Huang, Shu-Lan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1992

description: Since the conclusion of world War II, Taiwan, the Republic of China (ROC), has developed into an industrialized country following a long period of severe inflation. Taiwan has produced a successful example of economic development through export expansion. Exports and imports of Taiwan increased from approximately 10 percent of the gross national product (GNP) in the 1950s to more than 45 percent in the 1980s. The role of Taiwan's foreign exchange rates and traderelated policies on exports and imports was examined in this study.
Trade-related policies implemented by the government of ROC were documented from 1950 to 1980 by categorizing the past 30 years into import substitution, export promotion, external shocks, and the 1980s trade liberalization periods. In
addition, this study analyzed quarterly import and export data from 21 sectors between 1981 and 1991 to measure the effects of changes on the exchange rate. variables included in the regression analysis were GNP of Taiwan and exchange rate for import demand functions and GNP of the U.S. , export price index in Taiwan and Korea, and exchange rate for the export demand function. Partial auto- correlation functions were estimated and examined for 21 export and import commodity groups to determine the appropriate number of lags in the demand function. In sectors in which regressions were found to be significant, an econometric partial adjustment model was used for estimating short- and long-run exchange rate elasticities.
Large and small group homology
Creators: name: Brunnbauer, Michael
name: Hanke, Bernhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C23; 20J06

description: For several instances of metric largeness like enlargeability or having hyperspherical universal covers, we construct non-large vector subspaces in the rational homology of finitely generated groups. The functorial properties of this construction imply that the corresponding largeness properties of closed manifolds depend only on the image of their fundamental classes under the classifying map. This is applied to construct examples of essential manifolds whose universal covers are not hyperspherical, thus answering a question of Gromov (1986), and, more generally, essential manifolds which are not enlargeable.
description: 24 pages, small corrections and improvements
title: An Evaluation of the Application of Survey Research to Public Administration: A Case Study of the Utah State University Merrill Library
Creators: name: Jenson, Richard Allan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1971

description: Libraries, like many other governmental organizations have a peculiar difficulty assessing how well they are able to serve their clientele. The reason is that they have no measure of success, such as profits or votes. The only measure is usually vocal communications such as complaints, suggestions, compliments or criticisms. Some of these suggestions are valid, but placing one's judgment on these communications can be very tenuous, and not necessarily representative of the desires of a majority of the clientele.
The purpose of this research was to test the use of survey research as an aid to the public administrator. The intent was to assess the polling technique as a tool to inform the administrator of his patrons' attitudes.
In order to accomplish this goal it was decided that the best approach would be a case study of a particular institution; the Utah State University Merrill Library.
Because a library actually serves two distinct groups; the students and faculty, it was decided that different questionnaires would be necessary for each group and in addition a third group, the library staff was included in the research in order to compare their attitudes with the groups that they serve.
The research finding provided a great deal of information that could prove very useful to the administrators. Probably the most salient facts were the differences between the three groups surveyed.
The faculty , staff and students varied in three main areas. First, the attitudes varied concerning what the library is. Second, there were differences in the appraisal of the quality of the services provided by the library. Third, the three groups varied concerning the adequacy of the material available from the library.
In addition, this research provided extensive information about the attitudes of those who use and depend on the library, as well as those on whom the library depends in order to function.
EOSC-Pillar D4.4 National Service Registry Prototype
Creators: name: Candela, Leonardo
name: Frosini, Luca
name: Cirillo, Roberto
name: Lelii, Lucio
name: Mangiacrapa, Francesco
name: Sinibaldi, Fabio
name: Antonio, Fabrizio
name: Chiavarini, Beatrice
name: Lorini, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: National initiatives willing to systematically collect and present the service offerings of interest for their designated community are called to set up and operate a registry or catalogue of such services. This brief report documents the working prototype of a National Service Registry developed by EOSC-Pillar. This prototype is characterised by two distinguishing features: (i) the development of the catalogue is the result of a collaborative oriented co-creation activity and (ii) conceived tobe interoperable with the EOSC Catalogue.
An Evaluation of the Excitation Class Parameter for the Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae
Creators: name: Reid, Warren A.
name: Parker, Quentin A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The three main methods currently in use for estimating the excitation class of planetary nebulae (PNe) central stars are compared and evaluated using 586 newly discovered and previously known PNe in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). In order to achieve this we ran a series of evaluation tests using line ratios derived from de-reddened, flux calibrated spectra. Pronounced differences between the methods are exposed. Diagrams were created by comparing excitation classes with H-beta line fluxes. The best methods are then compared to published temperatures using the Zanstra method and assessed for their ability to reflect central star effective temperatures and evolution. As a result we call for a clarification of the term `excitation class' according to the different input parameters used. The first method, which we refer to as Exneb relies purely on the ratios of certain key emission lines. The second method, which we refer to as Ex* includes modeling to create a continuous variable and, for optically thick PNe in the Magellanic Clouds, is designed to relate more closely to intrinsic stellar parameters. The third method, we refer to as Ex [OIII]/H-beta since the [OIII]/H-beta ratio is used in isolation to other temperature diagnostics. Each of these methods is shown to have serious drawbacks when used as an indicator for central star temperature. Finally, we suggest a new method (Exrho) for estimating excitation class incorporating both the [OIII]/H-beta and the HeII4686 /H-beta ratios. Although any attempt to provide accurate central star temperatures using the excitation class derived from nebula lines will always be limited, we show that this new method provides a substantial improvement over previous methods with better agreement to temperatures derived through the Zanstra method.
description: 14 pages, 18 figure. This peer reviewed paper has been accepted for publication in PASA
title: An Economic Analysis of the Cisco Fisheries of Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho
Creators: name: Keith, John E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1971

description: The willingness to pay of participants in cisco fishing was studied for 1970. Opportunity cost of time, calculated from foregone income, was examined as part of the total costs of fishing. The opportunity cost of time was found to be a significant factor in the consumers' decision to participate, and therefore effected the valuation of the recreation considerably.
Additionally, the coefficients of income and opportunity costs of time were compared and found to be of different sign for rural counties indicating a difference between the two variables.
title: Effects of Land Use on Water Quality: Summit Creek, Smithfield, Utah
Creators: name: Meyers, David W.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: The effects of various land uses on water quality in Summit Creek >~ere evaluated during the period beginning March 13, 1971 and ending October 27, 1971. Potential sources of pollution investigated were: (1) septic tank use, (2) feedlot runoff, (3) urban runoff, (4) rural runoff.
Samples were collected from five sampling stations on 16 separate days during the sampling period . Analyses were performed to determine the following constituents: ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, total phosphorus, orthophosphate, coliform bacteria, chloride, suspended solids, volatile suspended solids, total carbon, organic carbon, temperature and pH.
Agricultural activities, including livestock feedlot operations, were identified as the major source of pollutant inputs to Summit Creek.
No significant pollutant inputs could be attributed to septic tank use, urban runoff, or rural runoff.
Quantum circuit for security proof of quantum key distribution without encryption of error syndrome and noisy processing
Creators: name: Tamaki, Kiyoshi
name: Kato, Go
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: One of the simplest security proofs of quantum key distribution is based on the so-called complementarity scenario, which involves the complementarity control of an actual protocol and a virtual protocol [M. Koashi, e-print arXiv:0704.3661 (2007)]. The existing virtual protocol has a limitation in classical postprocessing, i.e., the syndrome for the error-correction step has to be encrypted. In this paper, we remove this limitation by constructing a quantum circuit for the virtual protocol. Moreover, our circuit with a shield system gives an intuitive proof of why adding noise to the sifted key increases the bit error rate threshold in the general case in which one of the parties does not possess a qubit. Thus, our circuit bridges the simple proof and the use of wider classes of classical postprocessing.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures. Typo corrected
title: The Surface Movement of a New S-Triazine Herbicide from Treated Cropland and its Environmental Effects
Creators: name: Nelson, Zeldon A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: Six days following the application of 1.5 and 3.0 lb/A of 2- methoxy-4-sec.-butylamino-6-ethylamino-s-triazine (GS-14254) to established plots of alfalfa, water samples were collected at several distances from the plots and analyzed for herbicide residues with a Beckman DB-G grating spectrophotometer. The data indicate that GS-14254 is transported in small amounts but that the concentrations in the runoff water decline rapidly with increased distance from the treated areas and time.
S-14254 produced no visual injury symptoms of leaf chlorosis or plant stunting on alfalfa at the two rates used. However, some initial injury has been reported by other workers.
This study indicates that oats are very sensitive to GS-14254 and that they would be a good bioassay for detecting different concentrations of this chemical in soil.
The data indicate that the green alga, Chlorella, is a very sensitive test organism. However, all herbicide concentrations and incubation periods examined were found to be algistatic.
Indications are that concentrations of this chemical transported in irrigation or precipitation runoff water when used at recommended rates, would likely not be hazardous to plant and animal life.
title: A Comparison of Speech Audiometric Performance of Hypacusics With Clinic-fitted Hearing Aids and With Master Hearing Aid
Creators: name: Nielsen, Kent Jay
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: Clinical audiologists at Utah State University have been using a master hearing aid as a basic part of hearing aid evaluation procedures . To ascertain the usefulness of the master hearing aid in predicting patient success with a wearable hearing aid , 20 subjects were given speech audiometric tests under the following conditions: (l) without amplification; (2) with the headset system of the master hearing aid (a system which utilizes chassis mounted microphones and external receivers of the type used with body-worn hearing aids); (3) with the ear-level system of the master hearing aid (a system which utilizes a microphone and receiver mounted in an ear-level hearing aid case); and (4) with a wearable ear-level hearing aid which had been previously selected for each subject on the basis of master hearing aid data.
Using the ANOV procedure, statistically significant differences α=.05) were found between the mean speech reception thresholds obtained under the three aided test conditions, but differences were not clinically significant. The mean speech reception thresholds a greed within 4.0 dB.
No significant difference was found between the mean speech discrimination scores obtained in quiet under the three aided test conditions. However, the mean speech discrimination score obtained in noise under the head set system condition was significantly poorer (α=.05) than the mean speech discrimination scores obtained under the ear-level system condition and also the wear able hearing aid condition. Differences as specified were 9.1 percent and 10.2 percent respectively.
Conclusions were that the ear-level system of the master hearing aid and the headset system of the master hearing aid can be used to predict the SRT and speech discrimination score in quiet of hearing aid candidate using a wearable hearing aid, but that the ear-level system of the master hearing aid should be used exclusively when attempting to predict a patient's success with a wearable hearing aid on speech discrimination tasks in noise.
Nonholomic Distributions and Gauge Models of Einstein Gravity
Creators: name: Vacaru, Sergiu I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: For (2+2)-dimensional nonholonomic distributions, the physical information contained into a spacetime (pseudo) Riemannian metric can be encoded equivalently into new types of geometric structures and linear connections constructed as nonholonomic deformations of the Levi-Civita connection. Such deformations and induced geometric/physical objects are completely determined by a prescribed metric tensor. Reformulation of the Einstein equations in nonholonomic variables (tetrads and new connections, for instance, with constant coefficient curvatures and/or Yang-Mills like potentials) reveals hidden geometric and rich quantum structures. It is shown how the Einstein gravity theory can be re-defined equivalently as certain gauge models on nonholonomic affine and/or de Sitter frame bundles. We speculate on possible applications of the geometry of nonholonomic distributions with associated nonlinear connections in classical and quantum gravity.
description: v4,latex2e, 39 pages, accepted for IJGMMP 7 (2010)
Utilization and development of human resource potential in selected Latin American underdeveloped economies.
Creators: name: Shaw, Richard Paul
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: It is my view, that a serious impediment, in the development and growth of economically underdeveloped Latin American countries with high rates of population growth, is the inability of their economic systems to utilize and absorb continuous additions to their labor force productively. As this condition is expected to persist especially in the rural or agricultural sector of the economy, it is my argument that "push" and "pull" factors can and do operate to mobilize 'redundant', surplus or unemployed labor from sectors or regions where employment opportunities are lacking to sectors where employment opportunities are believed to be in abundance. An important premise then, is that we cannot be optimistic about the possiblity of raising aggregate production over short, or even long run periods in a sector such as agriculture which is hampered by high rates of unemployment and low labor output ratios. In turn, it is my position that if we are "committed" to the economic objective of accelerating the development of the economy's stagnant regions, labor mobility and the reallocation of labor (i.e., reducing conditions of surplus or marginally employed labor in labor surplus areas), to labor intensive "industry" is a necessary prerequisite to the raising of productivity and the encouragement of savings and investment. Accordingly, as we cannot expect that quantities of labor from one sector can be reallocated immediately to another i.e., a question of the "quality" of labor demanded and supplied, an accompanying strategy for the qualitative development of the "human factor" is proposed.
A simple Havel-Hakimi type algorithm to realize graphical degree sequences of directed graphs
Creators: name: Erdős, Péter L.
name: Miklós, István
name: Toroczkai, Zoltán
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C07, 05C20, 90B10, 90C35

description: One of the simplest ways to decide whether a given finite sequence of positive integers can arise as the degree sequence of a simple graph is the greedy algorithm of Havel and Hakimi. This note extends their approach to directed graphs. It also studies cases of some simple forbidden edge-sets. Finally, it proves a result which is useful to design an MCMC algorithm to find random realizations of prescribed directed degree sequences.
description: 11 pages, 1 figure submitted to "The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics"
D4.5 Business Model and sustainability study
Creators: name: Reichenbach, Rebecca
name: Czuray, Marie
name: Hermans, Emilie
name: Gall, Monika
name: van Wezel, Jos
name: Le Franc, Yann
name: Galeazzi, Fulvio
name: Di Giorgio, Sara
name: Breton, Vincent
name: Huynh, Frédéric
name: Romier, Geneviève
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This deliverable documents the results of EOSC-Pillar Task 4.5 activity. It summarises its findings regarding sustainable business models collected through surveys, interviews and workshops involving EOSC stakeholders in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Italy. The picture emerging from these exchanges at EOSC-Pillar scale is a complex and fragmented landscape where there is no single answer to the question of the preferred Business Model for national Open Science initiatives, thematic research infrastructures and service providers. Our conclusions have to be put in perspective in the quickly evolving context at national and international levels with all the uncertainties related to the outcome of the EOSC procurement tenders by the European Commission and the evolution of the energy price. The priority is not to freeze a business model for EOSC but rather continue exploring all avenues to keep the services free at the point of use.
Experimental Determination of Electron Transition Probabilities in Elementary Electron-Phonon Scattering Processes Using Electron-Energy-Loss Spectroscopy: The Example of Graphite
Creators: name: Yanagisawa, Hirofumi
name: Yorisaki, Toma
name: Niikura, Ryota
name: Kato, Shuhei
name: Ishida, Yasuchika
name: Kamide, Kenji
name: Oshima, Chuhei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have investigated coupling constants in elementary electron-phonon scattering processes on a graphite surface by the combined use of high-resolution electron-energy-loss spectroscopy (HREELS) and very low-energy electron diffraction (VLEED). HREELS is used to measure the modulations of electron transition probabilities from incoming electrons in vacuum to outgoing electrons in vacuum where the transition includes one-phonon scattering processes inside a solid. Determining the electronic band structures of graphite with VLEED, we defined electronic states of the solid surface that electrons entered before and after scattering off phonons. Thus, we observed that the measured electron transition probabilities significantly depended on whether the electrons were in a bulk Bloch state or an evanescent state before scattering off the phonons. This result clearly indicates that the measured electron transition probabilities reflect the strength of the coupling constants in the solid.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
title: The Resignation of David Sokol: Mountain or Molehill for Berkshire Hathaway
Creators: name: Larcker, David F.
name: Tayan, Brian
Publisher: name: Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Year: 2011

description: In 2011, David Sokol, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway’s energy subsidiary, purchased $10 million of Lubrizol stock days before recommending that Berkshire Hathaway acquire the firm. Did Sokol’s actions reflect a broad governance failure for the firm?
Important days to remember in orthopedics and musculoskeletal system care
Creators: name: Dharmshaktu, Ganesh Singh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Orthopaedics
Rheumatology and arthritis

description: The field of orthopedics involves diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of various musculoskeletal and osteoarticular disorders, responsible for pain, deformities, or disabilities in society. A patient can be a newborn or an elderly, and a spectrum of disorders span from simple to complex congenital disorders, deformities, fractures, and arthropathies, with a multitude of rare and unusual presentations of diseases reported on a regular basis in the literature. Apart from skillful management of these diseases, rehabilitation and preventive strategies are also critical to reduce their global burden. Being a good clinician warrants not only keeping abreast of the latest advances in the specialty but also involving oneself in social outreach and collaborative efforts with patient groups, social welfare organizations, healthcare bodies, and local or national government machinery. Many days is celebrated annually for various causes pertaining to orthopedics and musculoskeletal system care, and active participation in these events is expected from concerned clinicians to help them become a success and bring some impactful changes for the betterment of society. A few important days is described here to serve as easy reading for busy orthopedists, students, or enthusiasts alike.
title: Effect of Bear River Storage on Water Quality in Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho
Creators: name: Nunan, Robert L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: Since 1912 concentrations of the major anions and cations (except calcium) in Bear Lake water have shown a steady decrease which has been attributed to a dilution of Bear Lake by Bear River water, Bear Lake having been used as a reservoir for Bear River water since 1918. This study examined the changes which have occurred in Bear Lake water chemistry since 1912 and tested the validity of the dilution theory.
Simple water and salinity budgets were determined for the Bear Lake system and used to simulate the effect of Bear River storage patterns since 1918 on the concentrations of sodium, potassium, magnesium, chloride, and sulfate in Bear Lake. Comparison of predicted concentrations with observed concentrations indicates that the dilution theory is a valid one.
Field studies were conducted during the spring, summer, and fall of 1971 to describe the distribution of the major ions in Bear Lake with respect to space and time. No significant differences were found between samples collected at different depths and location on the north-south axis of the lake on any one day, but differences were found between sampling days over the course of the study period.
A pattern of rapid changes in the concentrations of sodium ions in Bear Lake water was observed in the data from this investigation and noticed also in the data from an investigation conducted in 1959. Adsorption of sodium ions to aragonite crystals precipitating within the lake and/or clay minerals introduced with Bear River inflow is suggested as the cause of these fluctuations in sodium levels.
Two-Connection Renormalization and Nonholonomic Gauge Models of Einstein Gravity
Creators: name: Vacaru, Sergiu I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A new framework to perturbative quantum gravity is proposed following the geometry of nonholonomic distributions on (pseudo) Riemannian manifolds. There are considered such distributions and adapted connections, also completely defined by a metric structure, when gravitational models with infinite many couplings reduce to two--loop renormalizable effective actions. We use a key result from our partner work arXiv:0902.0911 that the classical Einstein gravity theory can be reformulated equivalently as a nonholonomic gauge model in the bundle of affine/de Sitter frames on pseudo-Riemannian spacetime. It is proven that (for a class of nonholonomic constraints and splitting of the Levi-Civita connection into a "renormalizable" distinguished connection, on a base background manifold, and a gauge like distortion tensor, in total space) a nonholonomic differential renormalization procedure for quantum gravitational fields can be elaborated. Calculation labor is reduced to one- and two-loop levels and renormalization group equations for nonholonomic configurations.
description: latex2e, 40 pages, v4, accepted for Int. J. Geom. Meth. Mod. Phys. 7 (2010)