cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Irrigation and Climate Effects on Land Productivity in the U.S. Central Plains
Creators: name: Trindade, F.
name: Fulginiti, L.
name: Perrin, R.
name: Trindade, F.
name: Fulginiti, L.
name: Perrin, R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: Considering different scenarios of future trends in climate, several authors have found that the impact that climate change will have on agriculture will most likely be negative. Most of these studies consider regions with low level of irrigation and do not control for purchased farm inputs. An important step towards understanding the evolution of agricultural production is to carefully estimate the effect that different temperatures and precipitation have on agricultural productivity considering also inputs under farmers control and the farmers profit-maximizing behavior. This research develops a county level biomass production function for an 800-mile climatic gradient from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River (41N). Our results quantify the critical effects that high temperatures have on agricultural productivity in the region, after controlling for irrigation, other managed inputs, soil characteristics, precipitation, and technological change. We find a negative and increasing (nonlinear) effect of temperatures over 30 C on crop yields; a full day of temperatures between 30 C and 35 C decreases expected yield by 1.7% and a day of temperatures over 35 C decreases yields by 23.1%. In addition, converting rainfed crops to irrigated crop will produce a sharp decrease in the negative impact of the higher temperature interval. Acknowledgement : Support is acknowledged from the Agricultural Research Division s Strategic Investments: Enhancing Interdisciplinary Teams Program Forty-First Parallel Agro-Ecosystem Sustainability and Productivity, University of Nebraska, and from USDA, NIFA NEB-24-164 and NEB-24-172.
Performance of Farm Level Vs Area Level Crop Insurance
Creators: name: Awondo, S.
name: Datta, G.
name: Awondo, S.
name: Datta, G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Risk and Uncertainty

description: This study investigated the performance of Actual Production History (APH), a farm level crop insurance plan, vis- a-vis Area Yield Production (AYP), an area level crop insurance, as a farm risk management tool. We estimated actuarially fair premiums and trigger probabilities under both plans using a two-step hierarchical Bayes small area estimator. Certainty equivalent revenues based on a risk averse utility function were derived under three insurance choice scenario (APH, AYP, no insurance) with and without actual Federal subsidies. Finally, we derived the performance of each alternative plan with regards to the other following a pair-wise comparison of certainty equivalent revenues. Results suggest that unobserved factors other than basis risk and farmers risk preference drive preferences for crop insurance contracts. Acknowledgement :
Ergodicity of two hard balls in integrable polygons
Creators: name: Bálint, Péter
name: Troubetzkoy, Serge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 37D50

description: We prove the hyperbolicity, ergodicity and thus the Bernoulli property of two hard balls in one of the following four polygons: the square, the equilateral triangle, the $45-45-90^\circ$ triangle or the $30-60-90^\circ$ triangle.
description: 30 pages, 1 figure
Advanced McMillan's equation and its application for the analysis of highly-compressed superconductors
Creators: name: Talantsev, E. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A theory of electron-phonon mediated superconductivity requires the knowledge of full phonon spectrum to calculate superconducting transition temperature, T$_c$. However, there is no experimental technique which can measure phonon spectrum in highly-compressed near-room-temperature (NRT) superconductors to date. In this paper we propose to advance McMillan's approach (1968 Phys Rev 167 331) which utilizes the Debye temperature, T$_θ$ (an integrated parameter of full phonon spectrum), that we deduced by the fit of experimentally measured temperature-dependent resistance data, R(T), to Bloch-Gruneisen equation for highly-compressed black phosphorous, boron, GeAs, SiH$_4$, H$_x$S, D$_y$S, LaH$_x$ and LaD$_y$. By utilizing relations between T$_c$, Debye temperature and electron-phonon coupling strength constant, $λ_{e-ph}$ it is possible to affirm/disprove the electron-phonon mechanism in given superconductors. We show that computed $λ_{e-ph}$ for highly-compressed black phosphorous, boron, GeAs, SiH$_4$ and for one sample of LaH$_{10}$ are in a good agreement with $λ_{e-ph}$ values deduced from experimental data. It is also found remarkable constancy of Debye temperature in H$_3$S at different ageing stages. We also show that if phonon spectra of two isotopic counterparts have similar shape then within electron-phonon phenomenology these materials should obey the relation of T$_{c,1}$/T$_{c,2}$=T$_{θ,1}$/T$_{θ,2}$ (where 1 and 2 designate isotopes). We report that these ratios for H$_3$S-D$_3$S predicted by electron-phonon phenomenology are largely different from ratios deduced from experiment. This alludes that NRT superconductivity in H3S-D3S system is originated from more than one mechanism, where the electron-phonon coupling lifts T$_c$ in H$_3$S vs D$_3$S, but primary origin for NRT background of in both H$_3$S and D$_3$S remains to be discovered.
description: 52 pages, 19 figures, 11 tables
Type I Interferon (IFN)-Regulated Activation of Canonical and Non-Canonical Signaling Pathways
Creators: name: Mazewski, Candice Elise
name: Perez, Ricardo Ernesto
name: Fish, Eleanor N
name: Platanias, Leonidas C
Publisher: name: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: interferon
subject: signaling
subject: MAP kinase signaling
subject: signal transducer and activator of transcription
subject: mammalian target of rapamycin
subject: mRNA translation
subject: SARS-CoV-2
subject: COVID-19
subject: Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta
subject: Signal Transduction
subject: MAP Kinase Signaling System
subject: Sirolimus
subject: Protein Biosynthesis
subject: COVID-19
subject: SARS-CoV-2

description: For several decades there has been accumulating evidence implicating type I interferons (IFNs) as key elements of the immune response. Therapeutic approaches incorporating different recombinant type I IFN proteins have been successfully employed to treat a diverse group of diseases with significant and positive outcomes. The biological activities of type I IFNs are consequences of signaling events occurring in the cytoplasm and nucleus of cells. Biochemical events involving JAK/STAT proteins that control transcriptional activation of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) were the first to be identified and are referred to as canonical signaling. Subsequent identification of JAK/STAT-independent signaling pathways, critical for ISG transcription and/or mRNA translation, are denoted as non-canonical or non-classical pathways. In this review, we summarize these signaling cascades and discuss recent developments in the field, specifically as they relate to the biological and clinical implications of engagement of both canonical and non-canonical pathways.
description: original_citation: Mazewski C, Perez RE, Fish EN, Platanias LC. Type I Interferon (IFN)-Regulated Activation of Canonical and Non-Canonical Signaling Pathways. Frontiers in Immunology. 2020;11:13.
Taxation Incidence on Rented Agricultural Land: An Evaluation of Ohio's Current Agricultural Use Value Program
Creators: name: Katchova, Ani L.
name: Dinterman, R.
name: Katchova, Ani L.
name: Dinterman, R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Land Economics/Use

description: Tax incidence measures the extent to which land owners can increase rental rates in order to shift the agricultural property tax burden to the renters of the agricultural land. In the U.S., Ohio s Current Agricultural Use Value Program (CAUV) determines the taxable value of agricultural land based on formulas incorporating agricultural prices, yields, and capitalization rate but is determined exogenously from market expectations of land value. We estimate the property tax incidence on rental rates of agricultural land. Results indicate that cash rental rates in Ohio from 2008 through 2017 increased between $0.38 to $0.63 for each additional dollar of property tax levied on agricultural land which is similar to the related literature on government payment incidence. Acknowledgement :
On the Isovector Channels in Relativistic Point Coupling Models within the Hartree and Hartree-Fock Approximations
Creators: name: Madland, D. G.
name: Buervenich, T. J.
name: Maruhn, J. A.
name: Reinhard, P. -G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the consequences of Fierz transformations acting upon the contact interactions for nucleon fields occurring in relativistic point coupling models in Hartree approximation, which yield the same models but in Hartree-Fock approximation instead. We find for four-fermion interactions occurring in two existing relativistic point coupling phenomenologies that whereas in Hartree the isovector-scalar strength, corresponding to delta-meson exchange, is unnaturally small, indicating a possible new symmetry, in Hartree-Fock it is instead comparable to the isovector-vector strength corresponding to rho-meson exchange, but the sum of the two isovector coupling constants appears to be preserved in both approaches. Furthermore, in Hartree-Fock approximation, both QCD-scaled isovector coupling constants are natural (dimensionless and of order 1) whereas in Hartree approximation only that of the isovector-vector channel is natural. This indicates that it is not necessary to search for a new symmetry and, moreover, that the role of the delta-meson should be reexamined.
description: 10 pages; accepted for publication in Nuclear Physics A
Prognosis: Closed-Box Analysis of Network Protocol Implementations
Creators: name: Ferreira, Tiago
name: Brewton, Harrison
name: D'Antoni, Loris
name: Silva, Alexandra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.3.1; F.1.1

description: We present Prognosis, a framework offering automated closed-box learning and analysis of models of network protocol implementations. Prognosis can learn models that vary in abstraction level from simple deterministic automata to models containing data operations, such as register updates, and can be used to unlock a variety of analysis techniques -- model checking temporal properties, computing differences between models of two implementations of the same protocol, or improving testing via model-based test generation. Prognosis is modular and easily adaptable to different protocols (e.g., TCP and QUIC) and their implementations. We use Prognosis to learn models of (parts of) three QUIC implementations -- Quiche (Cloudflare), Google QUIC, and Facebook mvfst -- and use these models to analyze the differences between the various implementations. Our analysis provides insights into different design choices and uncovers potential bugs. Concretely, we have found critical bugs in multiple QUIC implementations, which have been acknowledged by the developers.
description: ACM SIGCOMM 2021 Conference (SIGCOMM '21), August 23--27, 2021, Virtual Event, USA
A study of the differences in the self-reported induction needs of novice and system-new experienced elementary teachers and the teacher-preferred induction strategies to meet the reported needs
Creators: name: Lasinski, Kathleen Zellmer
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of this study was to determine the differences, if any, in the self-reported induction needs of novice elementary teachers and system-new experienced elementary teachers, and to identify teacher-preferred induction strategies to meet any reported need differences between the two groups. A questionnaire, the Teacher Induction Questionnaire, was distributed to novice elementary teachers (N = 117) and system-new experienced elementary teachers (N = 79). A response rate of 77% was obtained. Significant differences were found between the two groups of teachers in their perceived needs and preferences for induction strategies. Novice teachers showed greater needs than did the system-new experienced teachers in the categories of: "management," "instruction," and "relationships with parents." Similar needs for the two groups were reported in the categories of "information" and "evaluation.". Significant differences were reported in the strategy preferences of the two groups of teachers. Novices showed a greater preference than did system-new experienced teachers for the strategies of "one-on-one colleague assistance" and "support group." System-new experienced teachers indicated a greater preference than did the novices for the strategies of "informal communication" and "meetings.". From the data it was concluded that: (1) the induction needs of novice elementary teachers are different from those teachers who are experienced but new to the school district; and (2) the teacher-preferred strategies to meet the induction needs differ for the two groups of teachers. Novice teachers prefer a structured, individualized, site-based form of assistance involving a veteran teacher assuming the role of a mentor, whereas system-new experienced teachers prefer less structured assistance and the use of informal communication channels, allowing the system-new teachers to assume more of the initiative and control. Both groups of teachers prefer support that involves collegial interchange and that is site-based.
Land-Use Changes, Nutrition, and Gender Roles in Indonesian Farm Households
Creators: name: Chrisendo, D.N.
name: Krishna, V.
name: Qaim, M.
name: Chrisendo, D.N.
name: Krishna, V.
name: Qaim, M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Labor and Human Capital

description: Oil palm has been claimed as one of the major drivers for the land-use change in Indonesia. Research regarding the environmental degradation and biodiversity loss because of oil palm has been performed massively. However, how the land-use change influence the household nutrition and gender roles are still limited known. We analyze the association between land-use change in Jambi, Indonesia with dietary quality and gender roles of smallholder farm households. Results show that oil palm liberates women and men from the on-farm employment, but it only increases the men s participation in off-farm employment. It is the education - of both men and women in the household - which increases off-farm employment for women. We find positive effects of oil palm adoption on the household nutrition. However, it is not achieved through women empowerment while women participation in off-farm could help increase the household nutrition significantly. This suggests that improving household wealth and promoting women s participation in the off-farm sector could have a significant impact on household s dietary quality in Jambi, Sumatra. Keywords: oil palm cultivation, smallholder livelihoods, women s role, gender, nutrition, dietary quality, Indonesia Acknowledgement : This study was financially supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the framework of the collaborative German-Indonesian research project CRC990, the University of G ttingen. The authors also thank the Indonesian government who give the scholarship to the first author through the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education scheme.
Addressing the institutional challenges of groundwater management in areas of rapid urbanization
Creators: name: Wegmann, J.
name: Wegmann, J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development

description: Rapid urbanization in semi-arid and arid areas challenges the provision of water for the urban population. Moreover, the rise in population does not only increase directly but also indirectly the water stress through a higher demand of water-intense agricultural products. This demand is often met by exploiting groundwater stocks. The consequences are overdrafted or exhausted aquifers. In order to prolong the life of the resource and to increase the long-term benefits for the users, management institutions are needed. However, these management institutions might not be stable as background conditions change during the process of urbanization. In this paper, we compare cooperative, non-cooperative and exogenous management institutions at different stages of urbanization. To do so, we have conducted a framed field experiment along the rural-urban gradient of the fast growing city of Bengaluru, India. Results indicate that both enabling and restrictive exogenous institutions are the most efficient in prolonging the life of the resource independent of the stage of urbanization. Nevertheless, the results also show that participants of more urbanized areas are more myopic than in rural sites stressing the importance of governance in these areas. Acknowledgement :
Particle resonances and trapping of direct laser acceleration in a laser-plasma channel
Creators: name: Li, F. -Y.
name: Singh, P. K.
name: Palaniyappan, S.
name: Huang, C. -K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: As one of the leading acceleration mechanisms in laser-driven underdense plasmas, direct laser acceleration (DLA) is capable of producing high-energy-density electron beams in a plasma channel for many applications. However, the mechanism relies on highly nonlinear particle-laser resonances, rendering its modeling and control to be very challenging. Here, we report on novel physics of the particle resonances and, based on that, define a potential path toward more controlled DLA. Key findings are acquired by treating the electron propagation angle independently within a comprehensive model. This approach uncovers the complete particle resonances over broad propagation angles, the physical regimes under which paraxial/non-paraxial dynamics dominates, a unified picture for different harmonics, and crucially, the physical accessibility to these particle resonances. These new insights can have important implications where we address the basic issue of particle trapping as an example. We show how the uncovered trapping parameter space can lead to better acceleration control. More implications for the development of this basic type of acceleration are discussed.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
Auxiliary Field Methods in Supersymmetric Nonlinear Sigma Models
Creators: name: Nitta, Muneto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Auxiliary field methods in D=2 (or 3), N=2 supersymmetric (SUSY) nonlinear sigma models (NLSMs) are studied. For these models auxiliary fields as Lagrange multipliers belong to a vector or a chiral superfield, which gives a Kahler quotient of complexified gauge group or a holomorphic constraint on it, respectively. Using these, NLSMs on all Hermitian symmetric spaces were formulated previously. In this paper, we formulate new SUSY NLSMs on some rank-two Kahler coset spaces as SUSY gauge theories with two Fayet-Iliopoulos parameters.
description: 42 pages, no figures
Resedales Bercht. & J.Presl.
Creators: name: Reveal, James L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Resedales

description: Resedales
 Bercht. & J.Presl, P ř ir. Rostlin: 218. January–April 1820 (Resedaceae), predates Link, Handbuch 2:322. 4–11 July 1829—Resedaceae Martinov (1820).
description: Published as part of Reveal, James L., 2011, New ordinal names established by changes to the botanical code, pp. 42-44 in Phytotaxa 30 on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.30.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4894455
Thermal Radiation from Nucleons and Mesons
Creators: name: Alam, Jan-e
name: Roy, Pradip
name: Sarkar, Sourav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Thermal photon emission rates due to meson-nucleon interactions have been evaluated. An exhaustive set of reactions involving p(\bar p), n(\bar n), rho, omega, a_1, pi and eta is seen to provide a sizeable contribution to the emission rate from hot hadronic matter. Contributions from baryonic resonances are found to be negligibly small.
Elephant-Human Conflict Mitigation: An Autonomous UAV Approach
Creators: name: Jiang, Weiyun
name: Yang, Yukai
name: Isukapalli, Yogananda
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Elephant-human conflict (EHC) is one of the major problems in most African and Asian countries. As humans overutilize natural resources for their development, elephants' living area continues to decrease; this leads elephants to invade the human living area and raid crops more frequently, costing millions of dollars annually. To mitigate EHC, in this paper, we propose an original solution that comprises of three parts: a compact custom low-power GPS tag that is installed on the elephants, a receiver stationed in the human living area that detects the elephants' presence near a farm, and an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system that tracks and herds the elephants away from the farms. By utilizing proportional-integral-derivative controller and machine learning algorithms, we obtain accurate tracking trajectories at a real-time processing speed of 32 FPS. Our proposed autonomous system can save over 68 % cost compared with human-controlled UAVs in mitigating EHC.
description: International Telemetering Conference
Trajectory structures and transport
Creators: name: Vlad, Madalina
name: Spineanu, Florin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The special problem of transport in 2-dimensional divergence-free stochastic velocity fields is studied by developing a statistical approach, the nested subensemble method. The nonlinear process of trapping determined by such fields generates trajectory structures whose statistical characteristics are determined. These structures strongly influence the transport.
description: Latex file 19 pages, includes 12 EPS figures. Extended version of the invited talk at the ITCPP, Santorini, 2003
Natural phyto, compounds as possible noncovalent inhibitors against SARS-CoV2 protease: computational approach
Creators: name: Ogidigo, Joyce Oloaigbe
name: Iwuchukwu, Emmanuel A.
name: Ibeji, Collins U.
name: Okpalefe, Okiemute
name: Soliman, Mahmoud E. S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: At present, there is no cure or vaccine for the devastating new highly infectious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has affected people globally. Herein, we identified potent phytocompounds from two antiviral plants Momordica charantia L. and Azadirachta indica used locally for the treatment of viral and parasitic infections. Structure-based virtual screening and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation have been employed to study their inhibitory potential against the main protease (Mpro) SARS-CoV-2. A total of 86 compounds from M. charantia L. and A. indica were identified. The top six phytocompounds; momordicine, deacetylnimninene, margolonone, momordiciode F2, nimbandiol, 17-hydroxyazadiradione were examined and when compared with three FDA reference drugs (remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine and ribavirin). The top six ranked compounds and FDA drugs were then subjected to MD simulation and pharmacokinetic studies. These phytocompounds showed strong and stable interactions with the active site amino acid residues of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro similar to the reference compound. Results obtained from this study showed that momordicine and momordiciode F2 exhibited good inhibition potential (best MMGBA-binding energies; −41.1 and −43.4 kcal/mol) against the Mpro of SARS-CoV-2 when compared with FDA reference anti-viral drugs (Ribavirin, remdesivir and hydroxychloroquine). Per-residue analysis, root mean square deviation and solvent-accessible surface area revealed that compounds interacted with key amino acid residues at the active site of the enzyme and showed good system stability. The results obtained in this study show that these phytocompounds could emerge as promising therapeutic inhibitors for the Mpro of SARS-CoV-2. However, urgent trials should be conducted to validate this outcome. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma
The Impact of Agricultural Technologies on Poverty and Vulnerability of Smallholders in Ethiopia: Panel Data Analysis
Creators: name: Biru, W.D.
name: Zeller, M.
name: Loos, T.
name: Biru, W.D.
name: Zeller, M.
name: Loos, T.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Food Security and Poverty

description: Abstract Despite large-scale public investment on research and technology adoption, as an effort to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, rural poverty and vulnerability remain widespread in Ethiopia. Using three-round panel data between 2012 and 2016, this paper employed fixed effects and multinomial logit models to assess the effect of agricultural technologies and practices on consumption expenditure, poverty and vulnerability. The fixed effects model results indicate that use of chemical fertilizer, pesticides, improved seed, terracing and irrigation significantly influenced per capita consumption expenditure. The multinomial logit marginal effect estimates shows likelihood of chronic poverty decreased with the use of improved seed, chemical fertilizer, and contour plough, whereas, the use of irrigation reduced the likelihood of being vulnerable. We therefore conclude that agricultural technology dissemination through government supported programs has substantial dynamic benefits in reducing poverty and vulnerability. We suggest that much more intervention is needed to ensure that poor households exit poverty and protect the vulnerable from falling into poverty over time. It is crucial that smallholder farmer s especially the poor and the vulnerable households access to agricultural technologies and infrastructure (roads and irrigation) be improved. Keywords: vulnerability, poverty, technology adoption, Ethiopia Acknowledgement : Acknowledgment We thank the Deutsche Forschungsgeminschaft (DFG) for funding this research project. We are also grateful the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Addis Ababa for supportive equipments during the initial follow up survey year and providing us the baseline data.
A study of the differences in the self-reported induction needs of novice and system-new experienced elementary teachers and the teacher-preferred induction strategies to meet the reported needs
Creators: name: Lasinski, Kathleen Zellmer
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: The purpose of this study was to determine the differences, if any, in the self-reported induction needs of novice elementary teachers and system-new experienced elementary teachers, and to identify teacher-preferred induction strategies to meet any reported need differences between the two groups. A questionnaire, the Teacher Induction Questionnaire, was distributed to novice elementary teachers (N = 117) and system-new experienced elementary teachers (N = 79). A response rate of 77% was obtained. Significant differences were found between the two groups of teachers in their perceived needs and preferences for induction strategies. Novice teachers showed greater needs than did the system-new experienced teachers in the categories of: "management," "instruction," and "relationships with parents." Similar needs for the two groups were reported in the categories of "information" and "evaluation.". Significant differences were reported in the strategy preferences of the two groups of teachers. Novices showed a greater preference than did system-new experienced teachers for the strategies of "one-on-one colleague assistance" and "support group." System-new experienced teachers indicated a greater preference than did the novices for the strategies of "informal communication" and "meetings.". From the data it was concluded that: (1) the induction needs of novice elementary teachers are different from those teachers who are experienced but new to the school district; and (2) the teacher-preferred strategies to meet the induction needs differ for the two groups of teachers. Novice teachers prefer a structured, individualized, site-based form of assistance involving a veteran teacher assuming the role of a mentor, whereas system-new experienced teachers prefer less structured assistance and the use of informal communication channels, allowing the system-new teachers to assume more of the initiative and control. Both groups of teachers prefer support that involves collegial interchange and that is site-based.
Additional file 14 of Neuron ID dataset facilitates neuronal annotation for whole-brain activity imaging of C. elegans
Creators: name: Toyoshima, Yu
name: Wu, Stephen
name: Kanamori, Manami
name: Sato, Hirofumi
name: Jang, Moon Sun
name: Suzu Oe
name: Murakami, Yuko
name: Teramoto, Takayuki
name: Chanhyun Park
name: Yuishi Iwasaki
name: Ishihara, Takeshi
name: Yoshida, Ryo
name: Iino, Yuichi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 14: Figure S9. An example fluorescent image of JN3039 strain and annotated cell names. Zoomed version of Fig. 3d-e for visibility.
12th General Hospital final report. Tetanus
Creators: name: Creator not identified.
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1945
Subjects: subject: World War II
subject: 12th General Hospital
subject: Tetanus

description: The report discusses the two cases of tetanus the 12th General Hospital Unit treated in September of 1944.
title: Development of Novel Oxidation Catalysts for Carbon Isotope Ratio Analysis
Creators: name: Fomes, Charles William
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2001

description: The International Rosetta Mission is the name given to the European Space Agency’s bold plan to perform in-situ analysis of a comet. One of the instruments on board, MODULUS, is a Gas Chromatograph - Mass Spectrometer that will use the concepts of chromatography and chemical oxidation to return data on chemical composition, and the carbon isotope ratios of the components of the comet The requirements of the chromatographic columns and oxidation catalysts are severe. The issues of mass, power and stability at launch were concerns for the integration and functionality of the instrument at the comet surface.
 The unique nature of the analysis system required that a laboratory analogue of the device to be designed and constructed, so that potential components could be tested using an instrument similar to MODULUS. Once developed, the laboratory system allowed performance testing of four chromatographic columns, as well as observing the effect of space qualification (vibration) testing of those columns. Results allowed recommendations of column choice to be passed to the MODULUS science team.
 Traditionally, oxidation units for isotope ratio analysis consist of oxides of nickel and copper, which operate at high temperatures (800-1000°C) and therefore would draw large amounts of power if used on MODULUS. Compounds that potentially are more efficient were examined, created and tested (using the MODULUS laboratory analogue) for the replacement of such compounds. Oxides of rhodium, palladium and copper-chromium were found to preserve sample isotope integrity, oxidise efficiently, and work at far lower temperatures (<500°C) than the traditional materials.
 As an application for techniques developed for MODULUS, a new method was created for analysis of 813C in terrestrial atmospheric CH4. The method was tested using headspace samples of air from wetlands in Finland and Scotland. An experiment was devised to observe any 813C shift induced by the addition of sulphate to wetland soil and change in incubation temperature. No significant relationships between 813C of CH4 and incubation conditions were found.
Cohomological BRST aspects of the massless tensor field with the mixed symmetry (k,k)
Creators: name: Ciobirca, C. C.
name: Cioroianu, E. M.
name: Saliu, S. O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The main BRST cohomological properties of a free, massless tensor field that transforms in an irreducible representation of GL(D,R), corresponding to a rectangular, two-column Young diagram with k>2 rows are studied in detail. In particular, it is shown that any non-trivial co-cycle from the local BRST cohomology group H(s|d) can be taken to stop either at antighost number (k+1) or k, its last component belonging to the cohomology of the exterior longitudinal derivative H(gamma) and containing non-trivial elements from the (invariant) characteristic cohomology H^{inv}(delta|d).
description: Latex, 50 pages, uses amssymb
Roridulales Bercht. & J.Presl.
Creators: name: Reveal, James L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Roridulales

description: Roridulales
 Bercht. & J.Presl, P ř ir. Rostlin: 217. January–April 1820 (Roridulae), predates Nakai, Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Nov.]: 241. 20 July 1943—Roridulaceae Martinov (1820).
description: Published as part of Reveal, James L., 2011, New ordinal names established by changes to the botanical code, pp. 42-44 in Phytotaxa 30 on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.30.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4894455
What Alaska did with its oil wealth: State policy and economic development, 1969 to 1986
Creators: name: Madden, Mary Lou
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Alaska's decisions on use of large per capita revenues from the development of state-owned oil resources were colored by historical and geographical features peculiar to the state. Old patterns of Territorial administration, coupled with Alaska's strategic military importance to the rest of the United States, had shaped communications, transportation and service delivery systems directed at federal rather than state needs. The state's endowment of natural resources provided an economic base but left it vulnerable to fluctuations in world commodity prices. As a result both of the resource-based economy and the harsh winter environment, employment was highly-seasonal, with government providing one of the few opportunities for year-round jobs. Most capital investment and much of the seasonal labor supply were provided by outsiders. In many parts of rural Alaska, the transition from a traditional, subsistence economy to a cash economy had only just begun, with painful social and economic consequences. Most Alaskans at the time believed that existing economic problems stemmed not from natural causes but from outsider interests exerting undue control over the state's economy. Most also believed that state government could and should change the economy by assuming a more active role in economic development. Although state leaders engaged a large number of experts to advise about possible uses of the oil wealth, most of whom disagreed with the opinions cited above, expert advice was often ignored in favor of public opinion. Over the years of high oil revenues, the state allocated its resources among four alternatives. First, it distributed some of the wealth to state citizens in order to stimulate private economic development. Second, it spent considerable amounts on infrastructure and public services. Third, it invested heavily in certain sectors of the Alaskan economy. Finally, it saved some of the revenues for the future. The effects of state action on the economy and other aspects of Alaskan life were not always what had been envisioned. In several instances, state action contributed to the instability of the economy. In others cases, state programs added to the social and environmental problems attendant upon rapid development. Some major development efforts failed completely, while others set the state on a course which may have severely limited future growth. Based on the experience of the Prudhoe Bay bonanza, it is recommended that the state save most of the revenues accruing from a major new development effort, at least during the development period. Such a cautious approach to sudden wealth would allow the state maximum flexibility for future fiscal policy while avoiding the costly mistakes of the past.
Development of particle multiplicity distributions using a general form of the grand canonical partition function and applications to L3 and H1 Data
Creators: name: Lee, S. J.
name: Mekjian, A. Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Various phenomenological models of particle multiplicity distributions are discussed using a general form of a unified model which is based on the grand canonical partition function and Feynman's path integral approach to statistical processes. These models can be written as special cases of a more general distribution which has three control parameters which are $a$, $x$, $z$. The relation to these parameters to various physical quantities are discussed. A connection of the parameter $a$ with Fisher's critical exponent $τ$ is developed. Using this grand canonical approach, moments, cumulants and combinants are discussed and a physical interpretation of the combinants are given and their behavior connected to the critical exponent $τ$. Various physical phenomena such as hierarchical structure, void scaling relations, KNO scaling features, clan variables, and branching laws are shown in terms of this general approach. Several of these features which were previously developed in terms of the negative binomial distribution are found to be more general. Both hierarchical structure and void scaling relations depend on the Fisher exponent $τ$. Applications of our approach to the charged particle multiplicity distribution in jets of L3 and H1 data are given. It is shown that just looking at the mean and fluctuation of data is not enough to distinguish these distributions or the underlying mechanism. The mean, fluctuation and third cummulant of distribution determine three parameters $x$, $z$, $a$. We find that a generalized random work model fits the data better than the widely used negative binomial model.
description: 7 figures included
Scleranthales Bercht. & J.Presl.
Creators: name: Reveal, James L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Scleranthales

description: Scleranthales
 Bercht. & J.Presl, P ř ir. Rostlin: 240. January–April 1820 (Sclerantheae), predates Link, Handbuch 2: 424. 4–11 July 1829—Scleranthaceae J.Presl & C.Presl (1822).
description: Published as part of Reveal, James L., 2011, New ordinal names established by changes to the botanical code, pp. 42-44 in Phytotaxa 30 on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.30.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4894455
Experiment demonstration of tilt-to-length coupling suppression by beam-alignment-mechanism
Creators: name: Qiu, Peng
name: Lin, Xiang
name: Liang, Yurong
name: Yan, Hao
name: Miao, Haixing
name: Zhou, Zebing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Tilt-to-length (TTL) noise, caused by angular jitter and misalignment, is a major noise source in the inter-satellite interferometer for gravitational wave detection. However, the required level of axis alignment of the optical components is beyond the current state of the art. A set of optical parallel plates, called beam alignment mechanism (BAM), is proposed by LISA to compensate for the alignment error. In this paper, we show a prototype design of the BAM and demonstrate its performance in a ground-based optical system. We derive the BAM theoretical model, which agrees well with the numerical simulation. Experimental results reveal that the BAM can achieve lateral displacement compensation of the optical axis with a resolution of \SI{1}{\micro\meter} across a \D{dynamic} range of about \SI{0.5}{\milli\meter}. Furthermore, the TTL coefficient is reduced from about \SI{0.3}{\milli\meter/\radian} to about \SI{5}{\micro\meter/\radian}, satisfying the preliminary requirements for LISA and TianQin. These findings confirm the efficacy of the BAM in suppressing TTL noise, offering a promising solution for space-based gravitational wave detection.
Potential therapeutic use of corticosteroids as SARS CoV-2 main protease inhibitors: a computational study
Creators: name: Ghosh, Rajesh
name: Chakraborty, Ayon
name: Biswas, Ashis
name: Chowdhuri, Snehasis
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology

description: The outbreak of COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2), represents a pandemic threat to global public health. To date, ∼530,000 people died of this disease worldwide. Presently, researchers/clinicians are adopting the drug repurposing strategy to combat this disease. It has also been observed that some repurposed anti-viral drugs may serve as potent inhibitors of SARS CoV-2 Mpro, a key component of viral replication. Apart from these anti-viral drugs, recently dexamethasone (an important corticosteroid) is effectively used to treat COVID-19 patients. However, the mechanism behind the mode of its action is not so clear. Additionally, the effect of other well-known corticosteroids to control this disease by inhibiting the proteolytic activity of Mpro is ambiguous. In this study, we have adopted computational approaches to understand these aspects. Six well-known corticosteroids (cortisone, hydrocortisone, prednisolone, methylprednisolone, betamethasone and dexamethasone) and two repurposed drugs (darunavir and lopinavir) against COVID-19 were subjected for molecular docking studies. Two of them (betamethasone and dexamethasone) were selected by comparing their binding affinities with selected repurposed drugs toward Mpro. Betamethasone and dexamethasone interacted with both the catalytic residues of Mpro (His41 and Cys145). Molecular dynamics studies further revealed that these two Mpro-corticosteroid complexes are more stable, experience less conformational fluctuations and more compact than Mpro-darunavir/lopinavir complexes. These findings were additionally validated by MM-GBSA analysis. This study provides corroboration for execution of anti-COVID-19 activity of dexamethasone. Our study also emphasizes on the use of another important corticosteroid (betamethasone) as potential therapeutic agent for COVID-19 treatment. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma
What Alaska did with its oil wealth: State policy and economic development, 1969 to 1986
Creators: name: Madden, Mary Lou
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: Alaska's decisions on use of large per capita revenues from the development of state-owned oil resources were colored by historical and geographical features peculiar to the state. Old patterns of Territorial administration, coupled with Alaska's strategic military importance to the rest of the United States, had shaped communications, transportation and service delivery systems directed at federal rather than state needs. The state's endowment of natural resources provided an economic base but left it vulnerable to fluctuations in world commodity prices. As a result both of the resource-based economy and the harsh winter environment, employment was highly-seasonal, with government providing one of the few opportunities for year-round jobs. Most capital investment and much of the seasonal labor supply were provided by outsiders. In many parts of rural Alaska, the transition from a traditional, subsistence economy to a cash economy had only just begun, with painful social and economic consequences. Most Alaskans at the time believed that existing economic problems stemmed not from natural causes but from outsider interests exerting undue control over the state's economy. Most also believed that state government could and should change the economy by assuming a more active role in economic development. Although state leaders engaged a large number of experts to advise about possible uses of the oil wealth, most of whom disagreed with the opinions cited above, expert advice was often ignored in favor of public opinion. Over the years of high oil revenues, the state allocated its resources among four alternatives. First, it distributed some of the wealth to state citizens in order to stimulate private economic development. Second, it spent considerable amounts on infrastructure and public services. Third, it invested heavily in certain sectors of the Alaskan economy. Finally, it saved some of the revenues for the future. The effects of state action on the economy and other aspects of Alaskan life were not always what had been envisioned. In several instances, state action contributed to the instability of the economy. In others cases, state programs added to the social and environmental problems attendant upon rapid development. Some major development efforts failed completely, while others set the state on a course which may have severely limited future growth. Based on the experience of the Prudhoe Bay bonanza, it is recommended that the state save most of the revenues accruing from a major new development effort, at least during the development period. Such a cautious approach to sudden wealth would allow the state maximum flexibility for future fiscal policy while avoiding the costly mistakes of the past.