cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An investigation into reusable cutlery solutions
Creators: name: Tingley, Chris
name: Bigelow, David
name: Allen, Reid
name: Johnson, Jeff
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: The University of British Columbia’s Student Union Building (SUB) and cafeteria in particular, is a large hub for student activity and traffic. Thousands of students pass through the SUB each day, generally in a rush. There are many food establishments within the SUB and managing the subsequent waste in a sustainable way is a challenge. With the new, more sustainable SUB building being built, there is a push to make every detail more sustainable. One of the most pressing issues in the current SUB is the amount of waste from disposable cutlery produced from all the food establishments. An excellent alternative is portable, reusable cutlery. This report addresses on three specific cutlery products and assesses them based on triple bottom line assessment. This assessment focuses on the environmental, social, and economic impacts of the products. The specific products feature bamboo cutlery from “To-Go Ware Products”, stainless steel cutlery available from “Lavish and Lime Vancouver”, and recycled polypropylene cutlery from “Preserve Products”. Research methods included locating sustainable products, then assessing their benefits and drawbacks based on contact with suppliers, and research in peer-reviewed journals. Each product has unique benefits and drawbacks. The assessment concluded that stainless steel cutlery was the most well rounded option. Despite the fact that the stainless steel product has the poorest environmental impact in terms of production, it has the longest working life span of the three products. Polypropylene cutlery is the cheapest of the three, but it doesn’t last as long as stainless steel. The bamboo cutlery has good functionality properties and has excellent environmental standards, but it is much too expensive. When accounting for the environmental, social, and economic factors, stainless steel reusable cutlery proves to be the most viable option. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
ASCS PROGRAM YIELDS: POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND CROP INSURANCE
Creators: name: Barnett, Barry J.
name: Skees, Jerry
name: Barnett, Barry J.
name: Skees, Jerry
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1991
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Crop Production/Industries
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: This paper addresses a number of issues with respect to ASCS program yields. In particular, results from simple regression models suggest that ASCS yields reflect yields per harvested acre rather than yields per planted acre. These results have significant policy implications for both regional resource allocation and crop insurance.
Mathematical Analysis of N-R Algorithm for Experimental Implementation of SHEPWM Control on Single-phase Inverter
Creators: name: Maamar, A. E. Toubal
name: Helaimi, M.
name: Taleb, R.
name: Mouloudj, H.
name: Elamri, O.
name: Gadoum, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper presents a simulation and experimental validation of H-bridge inverter with the implementation of a Newton-Raphson algorithm for selective harmonics elimination. Contributions are made in interfacing and programming of Arduino ATmega328P microcontroller and use it to control of single-phase inverter by selective harmonic elimination technique. Through this work, we have given a general analytical description of the total harmonic distortion and present the method of application of the Newton-Raphson algorithm for selective harmonic elimination. MATLAB Simulink used for simulation and Arduino IDE software was used to program the Arduino board. The validity of the simulation model is verified by experimental results, the inverter was realized and the algorithm control is tested, results of the simulation and realization are compared, they show the efficiency of the system analysis and demonstrate the ability of Arduino to control the inverter and to generate complex signals for the electrical systems control.
description: 08 pages,18 figures, Published with International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT)
Additional file 4 of High-intensity interval training in allogeneic adoptive T-cell immunotherapy – a big HIT?
Creators: name: Heinemann, Nele Carolin
name: Tischer-Zimmermann, Sabine
name: Wittke, Torge Christian
name: Eigendorf, Julian
name: Kerling, Arno
name: Framke, Theodor
name: Melk, Anette
name: Hans-Gert Heuft
name: Blasczyk, Rainer
name: Maecker-Kolhoff, Britta
name: Eiz-Vesper, Britta
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 4. Changes in standard blood counts after continuous and interval exercise differentiating between moderately and highly fit donors. Peripheral blood samples of healthy donors (n = 12) were analysed using a haemocytometer at different time points before and after a single 30 min continuous (CONT) or interval (HIT) exercise (before, directly after, 1 h after and 24 h after exercise). Donors were grouped according to their fitness level (moderate, n = 8, and high, n = 4, tested with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, IPAQ). (A) Lymphocyte, granulocyte, and monocyte frequency is shown as percentage of the total leukocyte count. (B) White blood cell (WBC), lymphocyte, granulocyte, and monocyte counts are shown as absolute counts (×103/µl blood). Data are shown as mean ± SD.
Placemaking across platforms : playing to circulate stories in the smart city
Creators: name: Stokes, Benjamin
name: Baumann, Karl
name: Bar, François
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Urban placemaking can deepen the sense of place, including with novel technologies. Placemaking seeks to revitalize public spaces, attract investment, and rally stakeholders. How can play help to position residents as storytellers and circulators of key images tied to local history? This study shows how play can leverage smart city technologies, including urban furniture and rebuilt payphones. Game mechanics were selected to gather crowds at local monuments, generate pictures of the group tied to local mythology, and auto- matically circulate images online. In contrast to “app” based approaches, the design facilitated cross-platform “spread” for local storytelling. The study shows how placemaking can benefit from physical objects and hybrid interfaces to facilitate the circulation of local placemaking narratives.
Power-law singularities in string theory and M-theory
Creators: name: Papadopoulos, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend the definition of the Szekeres-Iyer power-law singularities to supergravity, string and M-theory backgrounds, and find that are characterized by Kasner type exponents. The near singularity geometries of brane and some intersecting brane backgrounds are investigated and the exponents are computed. The Penrose limits of some of these power-law singularities have profiles $A\sim {\rm u}^{-γ}$ for $γ\geq 2$. We find the range of the exponents for which $γ=2$ and the frequency squares are bounded by 1/4. We propose some qualitative tests for deciding whether a null or timelike spacetime singularity can be resolved within string theory and M-theory based on the near singularity geometry and its Penrose limits.
description: 32 pages
Placemaking across platforms : playing to circulate stories in the smart city
Creators: name: Stokes, Benjamin
name: Baumann, Karl
name: Bar, François
Publisher: name: Institute for Computer Sciences
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences
classificationCode: 47
subject: Language, communication and culture

description: Urban placemaking can deepen the sense of place, including with novel technologies. Placemaking seeks to revitalize public spaces, attract investment, and rally stakeholders. How can play help to position residents as storytellers and circulators of key images tied to local history? This study shows how play can leverage smart city technologies, including urban furniture and rebuilt payphones. Game mechanics were selected to gather crowds at local monuments, generate pictures of the group tied to local mythology, and auto- matically circulate images online. In contrast to “app” based approaches, the design facilitated cross-platform “spread” for local storytelling. The study shows how placemaking can benefit from physical objects and hybrid interfaces to facilitate the circulation of local placemaking narratives.
Stantonia Ashmead. Indeed 1904
Creators: name: Braet, Yves
name: Quicke, Donald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Stantonia

description: Key to the species of Stantonia Ashmead
New distribution records for previously described species are indicated by an asterisk.
1 Metapleural flange absent or very thin (ventral border of metapleuron sometimes protruding ventrally but without large flange or lamella) (figures 18, 27); propodeum and hind coxae without any rugae (their surface smooth to weakly coriaceous) (figures 20, 24); clypeus flattened in lateral view (figure 2).... 2
– Metapleural flange present and large (figures 28, 35); propodeum and hind coxae variable; clypeus variable in lateral view (sometimes protruding as figures 1, 113, 119)................... 11
2 Subbasal cell of fore wing glabrous anteriorly; antenna with colour ring.. 3
– Subbasal cell of fore wing evenly setose anteriorly; antenna without colour ring................... 4
 3 Hind tarsal articles 4 and 5 blackish; lobes of mesoscutum entirely yellowish; propodeum yellowish to brownish dorsally; ring of antenna rather brownyellowish with other segments brownish; malar flange rounded posteriorly (French Guiana).............. S. cerdai sp. n.
 – Hind tarsi whitish (except telotarsus); lobes of mesoscutum with black marks; propodeum yellowish anteriorly and blackish elsewhere; ring of antenna rather pale yellowish and basal segment of antenna yellowish ventrally; malar flange strongly protruding posteriorly (Brazil)....... S. bezarki Braet
 4 Hind wing basally and subbasal cell glabrous or with few sparse setae; scutellar sulcus large with only one medial carina; precoxal sulcus absent (figure 36); eyes glabrous; gena normal and occipital flange reduced (figure 3); hind trochantellus yellowish; hind tibia yellowish apically but inner side of hind femur and hind tibia darkish; mesosoma greenish yellow but mesoscutal lobes marked blackish medially; bristles between setae on outer side of hind tibia absent (Indonesia, Malaysia *)........... S. procera Enderlein
– Hind wing basally variable; subbasal cell setose to strongly setose; scutellar sulcus
description: Published as part of Braet, Yves & Quicke, Donald, 2004, A phylogenetic analysis of the Mimagathidini with revisionary notes on the genus Stantonia Ashmead, 1904 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Orgilinae), pp. 1489-1589 in Journal of Natural History 38 (12) on pages 1518-1520, DOI: 10.1080/0022293031000155313, http://zenodo.org/record/4675799
Hadroproduction of scalar $P$-wave quarkonia in the light-front $k_T$-factorization approach
Creators: name: Babiarz, Izabela
name: Pasechnik, Roman
name: Schäfer, Wolfgang
name: Szczurek, Antoni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we present a thorough analysis of scalar $P$-wave $χ_{Q0}$, $Q=c,b$ quarkonia electromagnetic form factors for the $γ^* γ^* \to χ_{Q0}$ couplings, as well as their hadroproduction observables in $k_\perp$-factorisation using the light-front potential approach for the quarkonium wave function. The electromagnetic form factors are presented as functions of photon virtualities. We discuss the role of the Melosh spin-rotation and relativistic corrections estimated by comparing our results with those in the standard nonrelativistic QCD (NRQCD) approach. Theoretical uncertainties of our approach are found by performing the analysis with two different unintegrated gluon densities and with five distinct models of the $Q\bar Q$ interaction potentials consistent with the meson spectra. The results for the rapidity and transverse momentum distributions of $χ_{Q0}$ produced in high-energy $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13 \, \rm{TeV}$ are shown.
description: 14 pages, 15 figures
A panchromatic spatially resolved analysis of nearby galaxies -- II. The main sequence - gas relation at sub-kpc scale in grand-design spirals
Creators: name: Morselli, Laura
name: Rodighiero, Giulia
name: Enia, Andrea
name: Corbelli, Edvige
name: Casasola, Viviana
name: Rodriguez-Muñoz, Lucia
name: Renzini, Alvio
name: Tacchella, Sandro
name: Baronchelli, Ivano
name: Bianchi, Simone
name: Cassata, Paolo
name: Franceschini, Alberto
name: Mancini, Chiara
name: Negrello, Mattia
name: Popesso, Paola
name: Romano, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the second work of this series, we analyse the connection between the availability of gas and the position of a region with respect to the spatially resolved main sequence (MS) relation. Following the procedure presented in Paper I we obtain 500pc scales estimates of stellar mass and star formation rate surface densities ($Σ_{\star}$ and $Σ_{\rm{SFR}}$). Our sample consists of five face-on, grand design spiral galaxies located on the MS. Thanks to HI 21cm and $^{12}$CO(2-1) maps, we connect the gas surface densities and gas fractions to the observed star formation properties of each region. We find that the spatially resolved MS ($σ=0.23$ dex) is the combination of two relations: the Kennicutt-Schmidt law ($σ=0.19$ dex) and the molecular gas MS (MGMS, $σ=0.22$ dex); $Σ_{\star}$, $Σ_{\rm{SFR}}$ and the surface density of the molecular gas, $Σ_{\rm{H_2}}$, define a 3D relation as proposed by \citet{2019ApJ...884L..33L}. We find that $Σ_{\rm{H_2}}$ steadily increases along the MS relation, varies little towards higher $Σ_{\rm{SFR}}$ at fixed stellar surface densities (not enough to sustain the change in SFR), and it is almost constant perpendicular to the relation. The surface density of neutral gas ($Σ_{\rm{HI}}$) is constant along the MS, and increases in its upper envelop. $Σ_{\rm{SFR}}$ can be expressed as a function of $Σ_{\star}$ and $Σ_{\rm{HI}}$, following the Equation: $\logΣ_{\rm{SFR}}$ = 0.97$\logΣ_{\star}$ + 1.99$\logΣ_{\rm{HI}}$ - 11.11. Finally, we show that f$_{\rm{gas}}$ increases significantly towards the starburst region in the $\logΣ_{\star}$ - $\logΣ_{\rm{SFR}}$ plane, accompanied by a slight increase in SFE.
description: Accepted for publications on MNRAS
Quantum corrections to the classical field approximation for one-dimensional quantum many-body systems in equilibrium
Creators: name: Bastianello, Alvise
name: Arzamasovs, Maksims
name: Gangardt, Dimitri M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a semiclassical treatment of one-dimensional many-body quantum systems in equilibrium, where quantum corrections to the classical field approximation are systematically included by a renormalization of the classical field parameters. Our semiclassical approximation is reliable in the limit of weak interactions and high temperatures. As a specific example, we apply our method to the interacting Bose gas and study experimentally observable quantities, such as correlation functions of bosonic fields and the full counting statistics of the number of particles in an interval. Where possible, our method is checked against exact results derived from integrability, showing excellent agreement.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures
PRICE DETERMINATION IN STRUCTURAL MODELS: A COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE INVERSE DEMAND SPECIFICATIONS
Creators: name: Chen, Dean T.
name: Dharmaratne, Gerard S.
name: Chen, Dean T.
name: Dharmaratne, Gerard S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Inverse demand
subject: price determination
subject: structural model
subject: shocks
subject: wheat

description: A theoretical framework is proposed to evaluate price determination behavior of alternative inverse demand specifications of structural models. Price impacts of a wheat model to a supply shock indicated that inverse domestic demand and inverse export demand were inappropriate specifications, while inverse stock demand specification generated credible results.
Additional file 6 of Activity-dependent redistribution of CaMKII in the postsynaptic compartment of hippocampal neurons
Creators: name: Tao-Cheng, Jung-Hwa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 6.
Kontsevich's formula and the WDVV equations in tropical geometry
Creators: name: Gathmann, Andreas
name: Markwig, Hannah
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14N35, 51M20

description: Using Gromov-Witten theory the numbers of complex plane rational curves of degree d through 3d-1 general given points can be computed recursively with Kontsevich's formula that follows from the so-called WDVV equations. In this paper we establish the same results entirely in the language of tropical geometry. In particular this shows how the concepts of moduli spaces of stable curves and maps, (evaluation and forgetful) morphisms, intersection multiplicities and their invariance under deformations can be carried over to the tropical world.
description: 24 pages, minor changes to match the published version
Gamers who protest : small-group play and social resources for civic action
Creators: name: Stokes, Benjamin
name: Williams, Dmitri
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Commercial games are rarely studied for their links to civic behavior. Yet small-group games online can affect the social networks that spill into civic life (and vice versa). This study examined players of the world’s most popular personal computer game, League of Legends. Such games are theorized as mirrors that reflect civic tendencies and help some players to retain social resources. Using models of civic voluntarism, the attitudes and behaviors of more than 9,000 gamers were investigated. Gamers were shown to have relatively typical civic lives, except for unusually high rates of peaceful protest. Which gamers protest? As predicted, models for protest improved when considering how players approach their gaming (including recruiting and collaboration preferences). Dispelling some civic fears, there was no evidence that video games distracted from civic life when played in moderation. The findings support an emerging notion of protest as a playful and “expressive” civic mode.
Radio morphology-accretion mode link in FRII low-excitation radio galaxies
Creators: name: Macconi, D.
name: Torresi, E.
name: Grandi, P.
name: Boccardi, B.
name: Vignali, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fanaroff-Riley II low-excitation radio galaxies (FRII-LERGs) are characterized by weak nuclear excitation on pc-scales and by properties typical of powerful FRIIs (defined as high-excitation, hereafter HERGs/BLRGs) on kp-scales. Since a link between the accretion properties and the power of the produced jets is expected both from theory and observations, their nature is still debated. In this work we investigate the X-ray properties of a complete sample of 19 FRII-LERGs belonging to the 3CR catalog, exploiting Chandra and XMM-Newton archival data. We also analyze 32 FRII-HERGs/BLRGs with Chandra data as a control sample. We compared FRII-LERG and FRII-HERG/BLRG X-ray properties and optical data available in literature to obtain a wide outlook of their behavior. The low accretion rate estimates for FRII-LERGs, from both X-ray and optical bands, allow us to firmly reject the hypothesis for that they are the highly obscured counterpart of powerful FRII-HERGs/BLRGs. Therefore, at least two hypothesis can be invoked to explain the FRII-LERGs nature: (i) they are evolving from classical FRIIs because of the depletion of accreting cold gas in the nuclear region, while the extended radio emission is the heritage of a past efficiently accreting activity; (ii) they are an intrinsically distinct class of objects with respect to classical FRIs/FRIIs. Surprisingly, in this direction a correlation between accretion rates and environmental richness is found in our sample. The richer the environment, the more inefficient is the accretion. In this framework, the FRII-LERGs are intermediate between FRIs and FRII-HERGs/BLRGs both in terms of accretion rate and environment.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Multi-Period Rangeland Investment Analysis with Safety-First constraints and Uncertain Data
Creators: name: Lambart, David K.
name: Harris, Thomas R.
name: Lambart, David K.
name: Harris, Thomas R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: stochastic programming
subject: risk
subject: investment analysis
subject: range economics

description: Impacts of crested wheatgrass seeding investments on ranch equity and income indicators are examined. Expected ending net worth is maximized subject to stochastic forage production and prices using multiperiod nonlinear programming with safety-first income constraints. Seedings are found to be beneficial by stabilizing forage supplies and permitting herd expansion.
Calculating the Lyapunov exponents of a piecewise-smooth soft impacting system with a time-delayed feedback controller
Creators: name: Zhang, Zhi
name: Liu, Yang
name: Sieber, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Lyapunov exponents are a widely used tool for studying dynamical systems. When calculating Lyapunov exponents for piecewise-smooth systems with time-delayed arguments one faces a lack of continuity in the variational problem. This paper studies how to build a variational equation for the efficient construction of Jacobians along trajectories of the delayed nonsmooth system. Trajectories of the piecewise-smooth system may encounter a so-called grazing event where the trajectory approaches a discontinuity surface in the state space in a non-transversal manner. For this event we develop a grazing point estimation algorithm to ensure the accuracy of trajectories for the nonlinear and the variational equations. We show that the eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix computed by the algorithm converge with an order consistent with the order of the numerical integration method, therefore guaranteeing the reliability of our proposed numerical method. Finally, the method is demonstrated on a periodically forced impacting oscillator under the time-delayed feedback control.
description: 28 pages, 6 figures
Explicit solution of the Cauchy problem for cellular automaton rule 172
Creators: name: Fukś, Henryk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cellular automata (CA) are fully discrete alternatives to partial differential equations (PDE). For PDEs, one often considers the Cauchy problem, or initial value problem: find the solution of the PDE satisfying a given initial condition. For many PDEs of the first order in time, it is possible to find explicit formulae for the solution at the time $t>0$ if the solution is known at $t=0$. Can something similar be achieved for CA? We demonstrate that this is indeed possible in some cases, using elementary CA rule 172 as an example. We derive an explicit expression for the state of a given cell after $n$ iteration of the rule 172, assuming that states of all cells are known at $n=0$. We then show that this expression ("solution of the CA") can be used to obtain an expected value of a given cell after $n$ iterations, provided that the initial condition is drawn from a Bernoulli distribution. This can be done for both finite and infinite lattices, thus providing an interesting test case for investigating finite size effects in CA.
description: 17 pages, 4 figures
An Evaluation of the Cost of Seasonality in the U.S. Dairy Industry
Creators: name: Stephenson, Mark W.
name: Novakovic, Andrew M.
name: Pratt, James E.
name: Stephenson, Mark W.
name: Novakovic, Andrew M.
name: Pratt, James E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1991
Subjects: Agricultural Finance
Demand and Price Analysis
Livestock Production/Industries

description: A transshipment model of the U.S. dairy industry is constructed to determine the cost of seasonally disparate supply and demand for dairy products. Price incentive/disincentive plans are related to the magnitude of industry-wide savings that could be realized if uniform patterns of production are achieved.
X-ray emission properties of galaxies in Abell 3128
Creators: name: Smith, Russell J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use archival Chandra X-ray Observatory data to investigate X-ray emission from early-type galaxies in the rich z=0.06 cluster Abell 3128. By combining the X-ray count-rates from an input list of optically-selected galaxies, we obtain a statistical detection of X-ray flux, unbiased by X-ray selection limits. Using 87 galaxies with reliable Chandra data, X-ray emission is detected for galaxies down to M_B ~ -19.0, with only an upper limit determined for galaxies at M_B ~ -18.3. The ratio of X-ray to optical luminosities is consistent with recent determinations of the low-mass X-ray binary content of nearby elliptical galaxies. Taken individually, in contrast, we detect significant (3sigma) flux for only six galaxies. Of these, one is a foreground galaxy, while two are optically-faint galaxies with X-ray hardness ratios characteristic of active galactic nuclei. The remaining three detected galaxies are amongst the optically-brightest cluster members, and have softer X-ray spectra. Their X-ray flux is higher than that expected from X-ray binaries, by a factor 2-10; the excess suggests these galaxies have retained their hot gaseous haloes. The source with the highest L_X / L_B ratio is of unusual optical morphology with prominent sharp-edged shells. Notwithstanding these few exceptions, the cluster population overall exhibits X-ray properties consistent with their emission being dominated by X-ray binaries. We conclude that in rich cluster environments, interaction with the ambient intra-cluster medium acts to strip most galaxies of their hot halo gas.
description: Five pages, two figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS letters
Unifying aspects of light- and heavy-systems
Creators: name: Roberts, C. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dyson-Schwinger equations furnish a Poincare' covariant framework within which to study hadrons. A particular feature is the existence of a nonperturbative, symmetry preserving truncation that enables the proof of exact results. Key to the DSE's efficacious application is their expression of the materially important momentum-dependent dressing of parton propagators at infrared length-scales, which is responsible for the magnitude of constituent-quark masses and the length-scale characterising confinement in bound states. A unified quantitative description of light- and heavy-quark systems is achieved by capitalising on these features.
description: 40 pages, Contribution to proceedings of the International School on Heavy-Quark Physics, Dubna, Moscow Region, 27/May - 1/June, 2002
FARMER RESPONSE TO PRICE INCENTIVES UNDER RISK: THE CASE OF INLAND WOLOF FARMERS IN EASTERN GAMBIA
Creators: name: Kebbeh, Mohamed B.
name: Zepeda, Lydia
name: Kebbeh, Mohamed B.
name: Zepeda, Lydia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1991
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis
Farm Management
Risk and Uncertainty

description: To understand how prices set by the Gambian Producer M_arketing Board effect production decisions, optimum cropping decisions are simulated given different resource endowments, weather, and risk preferences. Accounting for risk indicates response to pricing policy is minimal. Improving yield stability and labor productivity have a greater effect on farm income.
Alkaline aerobic oxidation of native softwood lignin in the presence of Na+-cyclic polyether complexes
Creators: name: Hosoya, Takashi
name: Kawase, Kei
name: Hirano, Yuki
name: Ikeuchi, Mizuki
name: Miyafuji, Hisashi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Alkaline aerobic oxidation is a promising way to convert lignin to low molecular weight phenols, especially 4-hydroxybenzaldehydes. Our previous studies reported that oxidation of softwood lignin samples with a bulky cation, Bu4N+, facilitates selective production of vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde). This study presents vanillin production from native softwood lignin in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) in NaOH aq. in the presence of cyclic polyethers, with our expectation that Na+-polyether complexes exhibit effects similar to those of Bu4N+. Oxidation of wood flour (10 mg) in 4.0 M NaOH aq. (2.0 mL) at 120 °C under air gave vanillin with 6.2 wt% lignin-based yield, which was raised to 15.2 wt% by the addition of 15-crown-5 (1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclopentadecane). On the other hand, such effect was not observed with the addition of tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, a non-cyclic analog of 15-crown-5. Mechanistic study with a lignin model compound revealed that stabilization of a vanillin precursor by the complex cation was a reason for the increased vanillin yield exhibited by the crown ether. This is similar to the influence of Bu4N+ reported previously, suggesting effective control of aerobic oxidation by large size cationic species.
Estimating County-Level Demand For Educational Attainment
Creators: name: Goetz, Stephan J.
name: Debertin, David L.
name: Goetz, Stephan J.
name: Debertin, David L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Step-down
subject: Input-output
subject: Educational demand

description: A procedure is developed based on "step-down" methods familiar from input-output studies to estimate county-level demands for educational attainment. An empirJcal example is presented. Potential extensions and applications are numerous, including dynamic shift-share analyses, rural labor market studies, and long-range regional economic development planning.
Composite films of hydroxyethyl cellulose and hydroxyapatite nanowires with high mechanical strength and electrical insulation property
Creators: name: Huang, Jizhen
name: E, Songfeng
name: Si, Lianmeng
name: Li, Jiaoyang
name: Tian, Zhijun
name: Lu, Zhaoqing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Hematology

description: An insulation network was constructed by adding hydroxyapatite nanowires (HNs) to a hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) system. The HNs improve the mechanical and insulating properties of the composites. The results showed the formation of strong chemical interactions between the HEC and HNs. Moreover, 20% HNs addition maximized the electrical insulation and tensile strength of the HEC/HNs film to 12.7 kV/mm and 34.12 MPa, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy revealed a three-dimensional network of HNs at the perforated edge of the films, which prevented further decomposition of HEC by the current flow. The superior mechanical properties of the combined HEC and HNs were attributed to the self-assembling cambium structure.
Thermocapillary flow transition in an evaporating liquid layer in a heated cylindrical cell
Creators: name: Liu, Wenjun
name: Chen, Paul G.
name: Ouazzani, Jalil
name: Liu, Qiusheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motived by recent ground-based and microgravity experiments investigating the interfacial dynamics of a volatile liquid (FC-72, $Pr=12.34$) contained in a heated cylindrical cell, we numerically study the thermocapillary-driven flow in such an evaporating liquid layer. Particular attention is given to the prediction of the transition of the axisymmetric flow to fully three-dimensional patterns when the applied temperature increases. The numerical simulations rely on an improved one-sided model of evaporation by including heat and mass transfer through the gas phase via the heat transfer Biot number and the evaporative Biot number. We present the axisymmetric flow characteristics, show the variation of the transition points with these Biot numbers, and more importantly elucidate the twofold role of the latent heat of evaporation in the stability; evaporation not only destabilizes the flow but also stabilizes it, depending upon the place where the evaporation-induced thermal gradients come into play. We also show that buoyancy in the liquid layer has a stabilizing effect, though its effect is insignificant. At high Marangoni numbers, the numerical simulations revealed smaller-scale thermal patterns formed on the surface of a thinner evaporating layer, in qualitative agreement with experimental observations. The present work helps to gain a better understanding of the role of a phase change in the thermocapillary instability of an evaporating liquid layer.
description: 31 pages, 14 figures
The pulling force of a single DNA molecule condensed by spermidine
Creators: name: Zhang, R.
name: Shklovskii, B. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In a recent experiment, a single DNA double helix is stretched and relaxed in the presence of spermidine, a short positive polyelectrolyte, and the pulling force is measured as a function of DNA extension. In a certain range of spermidine concentration, a force plateau appears whose value shows maximum as a function of spermidine concentration. We present a quantitative theory of this plateau force based on the theory of reentrant condensation and derive almost parabolic behavior of the plateau force as a function of the logarithm of the spermidine concentration in the range of condensation. Our result is in good agreement with experimental data.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures. Small change in the text, no change in results
Security Of Finite-Key-Length Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Using Arbitrary Number Of Decoys
Creators: name: Chau, H. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In quantum key distribution, measurement-device-independent and decoy-state techniques enable the two cooperative agents to establish a shared secret key using imperfect measurement devices and weak Poissonian sources, respectively. Investigations so far are not comprehensive as they restrict to less than or equal to four decoy states. Moreover, many of them involves pure numerical studies. Here I report a general security proof that works for any fixed number of decoy states and any fixed raw key length. The two key ideas involved here. The first one is the repeated application of the inversion formula for Vandermonde matrix to obtain various bounds on certain yields and error rates. The second one is the use of a recently proven generalization of the McDiarmid inequality. These techniques rise the best provably secure key rate of the measurement-device-independent version of the BB84 scheme by at least 1.25 times and increase the workable distance between the two cooperative agents from slightly less than 60 km to slightly greater than 130 km in case there are $10^{10}$ photon pulse pair sent without a quantum repeater.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures and 2 tables, to appear in PRA
Big Data: Some Ethical Concerns for the Social Sciences
Creators: name: Weinhardt, Michael
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 301 Soziologie, Anthropologie
subject: research ethics
subject: online social research
subject: digital trace data
subject: data privacy
subject: digital ethics

description: While big data (BD) has been around for a while now, the social sciences have been comparatively cautious in its adoption for research purposes. This article briefly discusses the scope and variety of BD, and its research potential and ethical implications for the social sciences and sociology, which derive from these characteristics. For example, BD allows for the analysis of actual (online) behavior and the analysis of networks on a grand scale. The sheer volume and variety of data allow for the detection of rare patterns and behaviors that would otherwise go unnoticed. However, there are also a range of ethical issues of BD that need consideration. These entail, amongst others, the imperative for documentation and dissemination of methods, data, and results, the problems of anonymization and re-identification, and the questions surrounding the ability of stakeholders in big data research and institutionalized bodies to handle ethical issues. There are also grave risks involved in the (mis)use of BD, as it holds great value for companies, criminals, and state actors alike. The article concludes that BD holds great potential for the social sciences, but that there are still a range of practical and ethical issues that need addressing.
Pressure effects on the transition temperature and the magnetic field penetration depth in the pyrochlore superconductor RbOs_2O_6
Creators: name: Khasanov, R.
name: Eshchenko, D. G.
name: Karpinski, J.
name: Kazakov, S. M.
name: Zhigadlo, N. D.
name: Brütsch, R.
name: Gavillet, D.
name: Keller, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report magnetization measurements under high hydrostatic pressure in the newly discovered pyrochlore superconductor RbOs_2O_6 (T_c\simeq6.3K at p=0). A pronounced and {\it positive} pressure effect (PE) on T_c with dT_c/dp =0.090(1)K/kbar was observed, whereas no PE on the magnetic penetration depth λwas detected. The relative pressure shift of T_c [ dlnT_c/dp \simeq 1.5%/kbar] is comparable with the highest values obtained for highly underdoped high-temperature cuprate superconductors. Our results suggest that RbOs_2O_6 is an adiabatic BCS-type superconductor.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
Additional file 5 of High-intensity interval training in allogeneic adoptive T-cell immunotherapy – a big HIT?
Creators: name: Heinemann, Nele Carolin
name: Tischer-Zimmermann, Sabine
name: Wittke, Torge Christian
name: Eigendorf, Julian
name: Kerling, Arno
name: Framke, Theodor
name: Melk, Anette
name: Hans-Gert Heuft
name: Blasczyk, Rainer
name: Maecker-Kolhoff, Britta
name: Eiz-Vesper, Britta
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 5. Effects of a single continuous and interval exercise on stress, proliferation markers, T-cell cytotoxicity and parameters of cellular age. Peripheral blood samples of healthy donors (n = 12) were analysed at different time points before and after a single 30 min continuous (CONT) or interval (HIT) exercise (before, directly after, 1 h after and 24 h after exercise) using real-time PCR for quantification of (A) HSP70- and Ki67-, IFN-γ-, and granzyme B-mRNA levels. Constitutively expressed GAPDH gene was used as the reference standard for normalization of mRNA levels. RQ values were calculated by the delta–delta CT method. (B) Blood samples were further analysed regarding p16 levels, telomere ratio and telomere base pairs. Results are displayed as RQ, with the value from before exercise being the base line, and shown as mean ± SD.
Act, Perceive, and Plan in Belief Space for Robot Localization
Creators: name: Colledanchise, Michele
name: Malafronte, Damiano
name: Natale, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we outline an interleaved acting and planning technique to rapidly reduce the uncertainty of the estimated robot's pose by perceiving relevant information from the environment, as recognizing an object or asking someone for a direction. Generally, existing localization approaches rely on low-level geometric features such as points, lines, and planes, while these approaches provide the desired accuracy, they may require time to converge, especially with incorrect initial guesses. In our approach, a task planner computes a sequence of action and perception tasks to actively obtain relevant information from the robot's perception system. We validate our approach in large state spaces, to show how the approach scales, and in real environments, to show the applicability of our method on real robots. We prove that our approach is sound, probabilistically complete, and tractable in practical cases.
description: 7 pages. Pre-print of the paper accepted to be presented at the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2020)
Gamers who protest : small-group play and social resources for civic action
Creators: name: Stokes, Benjamin
name: Williams, Dmitri
Publisher: name: Games and Culture
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4607
subject: Graphics, augmented reality and games

description: Commercial games are rarely studied for their links to civic behavior. Yet small-group games online can affect the social networks that spill into civic life (and vice versa). This study examined players of the world’s most popular personal computer game, League of Legends. Such games are theorized as mirrors that reflect civic tendencies and help some players to retain social resources. Using models of civic voluntarism, the attitudes and behaviors of more than 9,000 gamers were investigated. Gamers were shown to have relatively typical civic lives, except for unusually high rates of peaceful protest. Which gamers protest? As predicted, models for protest improved when considering how players approach their gaming (including recruiting and collaboration preferences). Dispelling some civic fears, there was no evidence that video games distracted from civic life when played in moderation. The findings support an emerging notion of protest as a playful and “expressive” civic mode.
A nonprofit manager's guide to online volunteering
Creators: name: Dhebar, Beatrice Bezmalinovic
name: Stokes, Benjamin
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: As access to the Internet expands, volunteer managers have the option of using this new technology to manage pools of volunteers online. Online volunteering can appear deceptively simple: post an opening, select a volunteer, and then manage them by e‐mail. However, our evaluation of an active online volunteering service used by more than three hundred organizations and ten thousand potential volunteers indicates that additional planning and management are frequently needed. Through an analysis of two years of quantitative data and interviews with more than forty volunteers and managers, we have extracted suggested practices and programmatic implications for managers in the areas of program design, volunteer selection, training, ongoing operations, and evaluation.
Stantonia carpocapsae Muesebeck 1938
Creators: name: Braet, Yves
name: Quicke, Donald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Stantonia
Stantonia carpocapsae

description: Stantonia carpocapsae Muesebeck, 1938
(figure 128)
 Stantonia carpocapsae Muesebeck, 1938: 89; Shenefelt, 1970: 265 [examined].
 Material examined. Mexico (EMEC): Baja Cal. Sur., Las Barracas: „, 17 April 1985 (pan trap; P. DeBach). USA (TAMU, USNM): ”, June 1943 (collected at light, Cornwell A.F.B. Ter (?)); ”, 30 July 1927 (ex. Desmia funeralis Hbn, caterpillar Va., a Busck); ”, 8 August 1912 (parasit. Eustixia pupula, Quaintance No. 7854, R. A. Cushman, Hym slide 859); „, 13–18 June, Falls Chur (R. A. Cushman); ”, Maryland, Beltsville, 24 August–6 September 1988 (G. Steck); ”, idem but ‘ 19 September–4 October 1988 ’; ”, Texas, Brazos Co. College Station, Lick Creek Park, 3–10 September 1988 (R. Wharton); ”, idem but ‘ 19 September–2 October 1988 ’; ”, idem but ‘ 18–30 October 1987 ’; ”, idem but ‘ 16–31 May 1988 ’; ”, idem but ‘ 3–11 October 1986 ’.
 Hosts. Desmia funeralis (Hubner) and Eustixia pupula (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
 Remarks. Clypeus of holotype is a little bit more convex in lateral view than in other specimens, but it is considered as flattened for the purpose of the cladistic analysis.
description: Published as part of Braet, Yves & Quicke, Donald, 2004, A phylogenetic analysis of the Mimagathidini with revisionary notes on the genus Stantonia Ashmead, 1904 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Orgilinae), pp. 1489-1589 in Journal of Natural History 38 (12) on pages 1544-1545, DOI: 10.1080/0022293031000155313, http://zenodo.org/record/4675799