cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Neurological Nature of Vision and Thought and Mechanisms of Perception Experiences
Creators: name: Schad, Jahan N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Understanding of the phenomena of vision and thought require clarification of the general mechanism of perception. So far, philosophical inquiries and scientific investigations have not been able to address clearly the mysteries surrounding them. The present work is an attempt to unravel the essences of these phenomenal based on the presumption of computational brain. Within this context, the natures of thought is clarified, and the basis of the experience of perception is established. And by drawing from the successes of the developed tactile vision substitution systems (TVSS), which render some measure of vision,in vision handicapped persons, early or congenital blinds, the true nature of vision as cutaneous sensations is also divulged. The mechanism of perception involves sensing of the stimuli, and autonomous engagement of brain neuronal complexity resolution patterns; that is the brain implicit embedded computational instructions. Upon commencement of the triggers, brain computations, which aso involve engaging body's biophysical feedback system, are performed; and the results are outputted as motor signals that render the realization of perception. However, this requires deployment of a perception medium; an interface. Given the nature of efferent signals, there must be a (known) bio-mechanical system interface, other than the body muscle and skeletal system, which performs the needed function: Considering the fact that the vocal system performs such task for verbalization of brain's synthesis of language, the possibility of its further role in the experience of thought and vision, in the form of mostly quiet (inaudible) recital of the related motor signals, is suggested.
description: 3 pages
Two-Higgs-Doublet Models with a Flavored $\mathbb{Z}_2$
Creators: name: Chuliá, S. Centelles
name: Rodejohann, W.
name: Saldaña-Salazar, U. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two Higgs-doublet models usually consider an ad-hoc $\mathbb{Z}_2$ discrete symmetry to avoid flavor changing neutral currents. We consider a new class of two Higgs-doublet models where $\mathbb{Z}_2$ is enlarged to the symmetry group ${\cal{F}}\rtimes \mathbb{Z}_2$, i.e. an inner semi-direct product of a discrete symmetry group ${\cal{F}}$ and $\mathbb{Z}_2$. In such a scenario the symmetry constrains the Yukawa interactions but goes unnoticed by the scalar sector. In the most minimal scenario, $\mathbb{Z}_3 \rtimes \mathbb{Z}_2 = D_3$, flavor changing neutral currents mediated by scalars are absent at tree and one-loop level, while at the same time predictions to quark and lepton mixing are obtained, namely a trivial CKM matrix and a PMNS matrix (upon introduction of three heavy right-handed neutrinos) containing maximal atmospheric mixing. Small extensions allow to fully reproduce mixing parameters, including cobimaximal mixing in the lepton sector (maximal atmospheric mixing and a maximal $CP$ phase).
description: 12 pages, 3 figures; Eq.(48) fixed, references added, version accepted by PRD
MOESM3 of The association between gestational weight gain z-score and stillbirth: a case-control study
Creators: name: Pickens, Cassandra
name: Hogue, Carol
name: Howards, Penelope
name: Kramer, Michael
name: Badell, Martina
name: Dudley, Donald
name: Silver, Robert
name: Goldenberg, Robert
name: Pinar, Halit
name: Saade, George
name: Varner, Michael
name: Stoll, Barbara
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. Sample Sizes for Sensitivity Analyses. This table shows the sample size for each sensitivity analysis.
Introduction to the CoNLL-2002 Shared Task: Language-Independent Named Entity Recognition
Creators: name: Sang, Erik F. Tjong Kim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.7

description: We describe the CoNLL-2002 shared task: language-independent named entity recognition. We give background information on the data sets and the evaluation method, present a general overview of the systems that have taken part in the task and discuss their performance.
description: 4 pages
Global phase diagram of a spin-orbital Kondo impurity model and the suppression of Fermi-liquid scale
Creators: name: Wang, Y.
name: Walter, E.
name: Lee, S. -S. B.
name: Stadler, K. M.
name: von Delft, J.
name: Weichselbaum, A.
name: Kotliar, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many correlated metallic materials are described by Landau Fermi-liquid theory at low energies, but for Hund metals the Fermi-liquid coherence scale $T_{\text{FL}}$ is found to be surprisingly small. In this Letter, we study the simplest impurity model relevant for Hund metals, the three-channel spin-orbital Kondo model, using the numerical renormalization group (NRG) method and compute its global phase diagram. In this framework, $T_{\text{FL}}$ becomes arbitrarily small close to two new quantum critical points (QCPs) which we identify by tuning the spin or spin-orbital Kondo couplings into the ferromagnetic regimes. We find quantum phase transitions to a singular Fermi-liquid or a novel non-Fermi-liquid phase. The new non-Fermi-liquid phase shows frustrated behavior involving alternating overscreenings in spin and orbital sectors, with universal power laws in the spin ($ω^{-1/5}$), orbital ($ω^{1/5}$) and spin-orbital ($ω^1$) dynamical susceptibilities. These power laws, and the NRG eigenlevel spectra, can be fully understood using conformal field theory arguments, which also clarify the nature of the non-Fermi-liquid phase.
description: 7 pages of main text plus 13 pages of supplemental material
title: Impact and hedging attribute of gold in the international financial market
title: Auswirkungen und Absicherungseigenschaften von Gold auf dem internationalen Finanzmarkt
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Qian, Xinyi
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek Siegen
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft
subject: Gold
subject: Financial Time Series
subject: Volatility
subject: Spillover
subject: Exchange Rate
subject: Stock Market Index
subject: Hedge
subject: Finanzielle Zeitreihen
subject: Volatilität
subject: Devisenkurs
subject: Aktienmarkt-Index
subject: Absicherung
subject: Aktienmarkt
subject: Kreditmarkt
subject: Gold
subject: Wechselkurs

description: In dieser Dissertation werden zunächst die Spillover-Effekte zwischen dem Goldpreis an den drei wichtigsten Goldbörsen untersucht. Anschließend werden die dynamischen Auswirkungen und die Anwendung der Absicherung des Goldpreises mit den wichtigsten Wechselkursen und den Aktienmarktindizes unter Verwendung der führenden Finanzzeitreihenansätze sowie der neuesten Daten näher betrachtet.
description: This thesis studies firstly the spillover between the gold price among the major three gold exchanges nowadays and then takes a deeper look into the dynamic impact, hedging application of the gold with major exchange rates and the the stock market indices, using the leading financial time series approaches as well as the latest data.
Rural land rental markets in Southern Africa: trends, drivers, and impacts on household welfare in Malawi and Zambia
Creators: name: Chamberlin, Jordan
name: Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob
name: Chamberlin, Jordan
name: Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: International Development
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Production Economics
subject: smallholders
subject: land rental markets
subject: land access
subject: rural development
subject: agricultural productivity
subject: sub-Saharan Africa
subject: Malawi
subject: Zambia

description: We use nationally representative survey data from two neighboring countries in Southern Africa – Zambia and Malawi – to characterize the current status of rural land rental market participation by smallholder farmers. We find that rural rental market participation is strongly conditioned by land scarcity, and thus is more advanced in Malawi than in lower-density Zambia. In both countries, we find evidence that rental markets contribute to efficiency gains within the smallholder sector by facilitating the transfer of land from less-able to more-able producers. However, we also find evidence of significant transactions costs, which may hamper such gains. Evidence of welfare impacts of rental market participation is mixed, with generally positive impacts accruing to tenants and (to a lesser extent) landlords in Malawi, but negligible impacts in Zambia, where rental markets are still in their infancy.
description: This is a draft paper, submitted in advance of presentation at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.
ASSESSING THE DIGITAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY PERFORMANCE IN UZBEKISTAN USING EUROPEAN DESI FRAMEWORK FOR NATIONAL POLICY ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION
Creators: name: Pulatov, Sardor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This research adapted the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) framework to assess Uzbekistan's digital performance, identify areas for improvement, and propose evidence-based policy recommendations to enhance the country's digital economy and infrastructure. Aligned with the "Digital Uzbekistan 2030" strategy, the study employed a quantitative approach, combining primary data from surveys of 62 enterprises and secondary data from government and international sources. Data analysis followed the DESI Methodological Note, focusing on its four dimensions. Ethical practices, such as voluntary participation and reliance on open-source data, were maintained. The study revealed Uzbekistan's DESI score of 0.42, comparable to lower-performing EU countries, highlighting significant gaps in Human Capital and Connectivity. Despite limitations like data availability, regional disparities, and a small sample size, the research offers critical insights and actionable recommendations for advancing Uzbekistan's digital transformation.
Colletes bhutanicus Kuhlmann 2003
Creators: name: Ferrari, Rafael R.
name: Niu, Ze-Qing
name: Kuhlmann, Michael
name: Zhang, Dan
name: Zhu, Chao- Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Colletidae
Colletes
Colletes bhutanicus

description: Colletes bhutanicus Kuhlmann, 2003
(Figs 29D, 32A–F, 48A)
 Colletes bhutanicus Kuhlmann, 2003b: 732 (holotype ♀: Bhutan, Thimphu, Phajodhing Gompa [ZMUA]).
 Colletes bhutanicus; Niu et al. 2014b: 477; Ascher & Pickering 2021.
 Diagnosis. Among the Colletes of Xizang, females of C. bhutanicus can be recognized by the combination of the following features: paraocular area with pale-yellow and black hairs intermixed, mesosomal dorsum with mostly pale-orange hairs and tegula pale-brown. The presence of basolateral circular depressions on the S6 is sufficient to distinguish males of C. bhutanicus from those of the other Tibetan Colletes, except C. bischoffi and C. collaris, from which the former can be differentiated by having the S7 with apicolateral lobes broader than genital gonobase (S7 lobes narrower than gonobase in both C. bischoffi and C. collaris) and the gonostylus with subparallel sides basally (gonostylus with converging sides basally in both C. bischoffi and C. collaris).
 Material examined. Published records — BHUTAN, Bumtang District: Byakar Dzong, 2698 m, 5.x.1973, M Ripley, 1 ♀, [USNM]. Thimphu: Thimphu, Lungtenphu, 2300 m, 9.xi.1994, G Schulten, 1 ♂, [RCMK].
 New records — CHINA, Xizang: Mêgog Xian, 29.20 95.30, 1920 m, 6.x.1982, L Zai, 1 ♀; 1.xi.1983, YH Han, 1 ♀. Mêgog Xian, Gedang, 29.20 95.30, 2000 m, 3.x.1982, YH Han, 3 ♀; 8.x.1982, YH Han, 1 ♀; 14.x.1982, YH Ha, 2 ♀; 16.x.1982, YH Han, 8 ♀.
 Distribution. Western China (Xizang) and western Bhutan (Thimphu).
 DNA barcode. Unavailable.
 Floral hosts. Unknown.
 Remarks. Colletes bhutanicus has been the most rarely collected species of to the C. succinctus group not only in Xizang but also in China at large.
description: Published as part of Ferrari, Rafael R., Niu, Ze-Qing, Kuhlmann, Michael, Zhang, Dan & Zhu, Chao- Dong, 2021, The cellophane bees of Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from Xizang (Tibet), China, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 5022 (1) on page 49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5022.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5226669
Digital Gallery: Finlaggan - 1450
Creators: name: Kennedy, Sarah
name: Cassidy, Catherine Anne
name: Oliver, Iain
name: Caldwell, David
name: Lafferty, Ray
name: Rhodes, Bess
name: Nyman, Perin Westerhof
name: Miller, Alan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: CINE
Finlaggan
3-D Object
Digital Reconstruction
CULTURAL HERITAGE
HISTORY
Digital Humanities

description: In the late medieval period, Loch Finlaggan in Islay of the Inner Hebrides was an important power base. The two islands of Eilean Mor (or Large Isle) and Eilean na Comhairle (or Council Isle) on the loch were the site of a major residence of the Lords of the Isles, who governed the Hebrides and parts of mainland Scotland and Ulster. A complex of buildings spanned the two islands, connected by a causeway, and served as the administrative and ceremonial centre. Research has revealed the comfort and wealth of the area, with dogs wearing decorative collars, and the Lords and their followers enjoying music, imported wine and board games. The lordship was traditionally held by the MacDonald family, who rule stretched from Antrim in Ireland to the north east of Scotland. During the late medieval period, the Scottish kings were trying to reign in the influence of the MacDonalds. In the 1490s, for instance, James IV sent a military expedition to sack Finlaggan, destroying many of the buildings. The site subsequently sank into obscurity.
MOESM2 of The association between gestational weight gain z-score and stillbirth: a case-control study
Creators: name: Pickens, Cassandra
name: Hogue, Carol
name: Howards, Penelope
name: Kramer, Michael
name: Badell, Martina
name: Dudley, Donald
name: Silver, Robert
name: Goldenberg, Robert
name: Pinar, Halit
name: Saade, George
name: Varner, Michael
name: Stoll, Barbara
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Unadjusted and Adjusted Odds Ratios for GWG Z−scores and Stillbirth by Pre-pregnancy BMI Category. This table displays the unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios for the association between GWG z−scores and stillbirth by pre-pregnancy BMI category (normal weight, overweight, obese). Selected GWG z−scores were compared to a referent z−score of 0. Adjusted models involved control for maternal sociodemographic, behavioral, and pregnancy characteristics.
Mental Stress: Source of Neurological Degeneration; Case of MS
Creators: name: Schad, Jahan N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Mental stress is a vague though familiar concept that accounts for an agency of the good, the bad and the ugly, that operates in the brains of animated beings, in response to environmental stressors. In this work, we provide evidence for correlation of stressors with afflictions of MS throughout the world, and put forward arguments in support of the fact that stressors can render disruptions in the normal computational processes of the brain, defining the innards of the mental stress, which in turn may lead to the onset of physiologic adversities in the biologic systems, possibly rendering various diseases, even one as MS. While the real cause of the disease is still not known, major focus is put on the treatment of MS symptoms, aiming to slow down its progress and to reduce the frequency of attacks. In this effort we establish the link between MS and mental stress, through analyses of various aspects of statistics of prevalence and incidence, available in the literature [3-5], which lends itself to opening up of additional treatment possibilities that could be used separate of, or conjunctively with, the medical approaches. On a grander scale, publicizing the adverse workings of the mental stress and its evils can attain statistical gains, in the incidence reduction.
MOESM3 of Development of clinically relevant in vivo metastasis models using human bone discs and breast cancer patient-derived xenografts
Creators: name: Lefley, Diane
name: Howard, Faith
name: Arshad, Fawaz
name: Bradbury, Steven
name: Brown, Hannah
name: Tulotta, Claudia
name: Eyre, Rachel
name: Alférez, Denis
name: J. Wilkinson
name: Holen, Ingunn
name: Clarke, Robert
name: Ottewell, Penelope
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
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: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 3: Figure S3. Alterations in molecular pathways associated with bone metastasis. Heat map showing primary molecular pathways altered in MDA-MB-231 cells that have metastasised to human bone implants compared with the corresponding mammary tumours as assessed on whole genome Affymetrix arrays, analysed using DAVID (A). The number of genes altered between primary tumours that metastasised to bone compared with those that did not and the number of genes that changes between met static and non-met static primary tumours and bone metastases are shown in B. Panel C, shows the genetic pathways altered between primary tumours that metastasised to bone and metastatic deposits isolated from human bone implants.
THE IMPROVEMENT OF MSME PERFORMANCE THROUGH BUSINESS INNOVATION, RISK MANAGEMENT, AND DIGITAL FINANCE
Creators: name: ASEP RISMAN
name: ANEES JANEE ALI
name: AMINA OMRANE
name: WISAM ALMUHNAH
name: SAMAR BESBES
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: MSME Performance, Digital Finance, Innovation, Risk Management, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM).

description: Abstract

The present research examines the empirical evidence of the influence of Digital Finance, Business Innovation and Risk Management on MSME performance. The sample used in this study includes 325 respondents from all over cities of Indonesia and Malaysia. Data is processed using Partial Least Square (PLS) software with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results of the study demonstrate that Business Innovation, Digital Finance and Risk Management have positive effects on MSME performance. Digital Finance positively influences Business Innovation and Risk Management. Moreover, Business Innovation and Risk Management mediate the indirect influence of Digital Finance on MSME performance. However, the mediating role of Business Innovation and Risk Management minimizes or inhibits the impact of digital finance on MSME performance. Such findings might be insightful for MSMEs’ managers and would help them anticipate future challenges and efforts to improve the MSME performance, which will ultimately increase the MSME's contributions to the whole economy.
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND POVERTY REDUCTION: A CASE STUDY OF RURAL VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
Creators: name: Joseph, Mwita Mbeya
name: Sophia, Nuru Mwakibete
Publisher: name: klover journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Tanzania
Poverty eradication
Rural-urban disparities
National strategies
Infrastructure deficiencies.

description: Tanzania, among the world's poorest nations, grapples with severe poverty, particularly in its rural regions, where basic infrastructure and services remain lacking, hindering access to income-generating opportunities and productive assets. Despite longstanding efforts to address poverty through various initiatives such as poverty reduction and alleviation programs, significant challenges persist. The government has formulated national strategies, including the National Poverty Eradication Strategy (NPES) and the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty, aiming to tackle poverty comprehensively. However, the effectiveness of these strategies in uplifting the impoverished populace remains a subject of scrutiny. This study explores the impact and efficacy of poverty eradication initiatives in Tanzania, with a focus on rural-urban disparities, infrastructure deficiencies, and access to essential services. By examining the implementation and outcomes of national poverty reduction strategies, insights are drawn to inform future policy interventions and enhance poverty alleviation efforts in Tanzania.
Anisotropic Stars in General Relativity
Creators: name: Mak, M. K.
name: Harko, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a class of exact solutions of Einstein's gravitational field equations describing spherically symmetric and static anisotropic stellar type configurations. The solutions are obtained by assuming a particular form of the anisotropy factor. The energy density and both radial and tangential pressures are finite and positive inside the anisotropic star. Numerical results show that the basic physical parameters (mass and radius) of the model can describe realistic astrophysical objects like neutron stars.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, revised version to appear in Proc. R. Soc. London A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences
Colletes sichuanensis Kuhlmann 2007
Creators: name: Ferrari, Rafael R.
name: Niu, Ze-Qing
name: Kuhlmann, Michael
name: Zhang, Dan
name: Zhu, Chao- Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Colletidae
Colletes
Colletes sichuanensis

description: Colletes sichuanensis Kuhlmann, 2007
(Figs 34C, 36A–F, 39D, 40A, 44A)
 Colletes sichuanensis Kuhlmann, 2007: 469 (holotype ♀: China, Fulin [USNM]).
 Colletes sichuanensis; Niu et al. 2014b: 473; Ascher & Pickering 2021.
 Diagnosis. Both sexes of C. sichuanensis can be easily recognized among the Tibetan Colletes by their flattened face and remarkable paraocular pubescence, which is comprised mostly of short setae in females (paraocular area with mostly long branched hairs in all other females) and appressed hairs in males (paraocular area with mostly erect hairs in all other males). Females of C. sichuanensis are also unique in having the mesoscutum covered with velvet-like hairs (mesoscutal hairs are ordinarily branched in the other females) and males in having a heart-shaped S7 and subtriangular gonostylus.
 Material examined. Published records — CHINA, Sichuan: Luding Xian, Dewei, 29.90 102.20, 1230 m, 21.vi.1983, SY Wang, 2 ♂; XZ Zhang, 2 ♂.
 New records — CHINA, Xizang: Chayu County, Cawarong Township, near Chamaqing Hotel, 28.2847 98.2800, 1995 m, 12.ix.2014, QT Wu, 4 ♂; 13.ix.2014, QT Wu, 2 ♂; 14.ix.2014, QT Wu, 2 ♂.
 Distribution. Western China (Sichuan and Xizang).
 DNA barcode. Unavailable.
 Floral hosts. Unknown.
 Remarks. Colletes sichuanensis is herein reported from Xizang for the first time.
description: Published as part of Ferrari, Rafael R., Niu, Ze-Qing, Kuhlmann, Michael, Zhang, Dan & Zhu, Chao- Dong, 2021, The cellophane bees of Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from Xizang (Tibet), China, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 5022 (1) on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5022.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5226669
Medieval Finlaggan - 1450 Reconstruction
Creators: name: Kennedy, Sarah
name: Cassidy, Catherine Anne
name: Oliver, Iain
name: Caldwell, David
name: Lafferty, Ray
name: Rhodes, Bess
name: Nyman, Perin Westerhof
name: Miller, Alan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: CINE
Digital Reconstruction
Finlaggan
CULTURAL HERITAGE
HISTORY
Digital Humanities
Medieval

description: In the late medieval period, Loch Finlaggan in Islay of the Inner Hebrides was an important power base. The two islands of Eilean Mor (or Large Isle) and Eilean na Comhairle (or Council Isle) on the loch were the site of a major residence of the Lords of the Isles, who governed the Hebrides and parts of mainland Scotland and Ulster. A complex of buildings spanned the two islands, connected by a causeway, and served as the administrative and ceremonial centre. Research has revealed the comfort and wealth of the area, with dogs wearing decorative collars, and the Lords and their followers enjoying music, imported wine and board games. The lordship was traditionally held by the MacDonald family, who rule stretched from Antrim in Ireland to the north east of Scotland.
 Drawing on the findings of the Finlaggan Archaeological Project, researchers at the University of St Andrews and Smart History have created a new digital reconstruction of Finlaggan as it may have appeared in the fifteenth century – in the latter phase of its medieval glory days. During this period, the Scottish kings were trying to reign in the influence of the MacDonalds. In the 1490s, for instance, James IV sent a military expedition to sack Finlaggan, destroying many of the buildings. The site subsequently sank into obscurity.
Economic and Sustainability Impacts of Connecticut's Public Act 09-229 to Support Dairy Farming
Creators: name: Lopez, Rigoberto
name: Rabinowitz, Adam
name: Plesha, Nataliya
name: Lopez, Rigoberto
name: Rabinowitz, Adam
name: Plesha, Nataliya
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: milk
subject: dairy
subject: sustainability
subject: Connecticut
subject: pricing

description: This report, produced at the request of the Dairy Committee of the Connecticut Farm Bureau Association, assess es the economic and dairy farm sustainability impacts of Connecticut’s Public Act 09 - 229 . Th e Act established a dairy farm sustainability and safety net program by providing payments to dairy farmers when ever the federal milk price falls below a minimum sustainable monthly cost of production . The Act has provide d $ 1 6. 72 million in payments between 2010 and 2012. T o this end, three supportive objectives are pursued: 1) to examine recent trends in Connecticut dairy farming and policies; 2) to assess the impact of the Act on dairy farming sustainability; and 3) to assess the economic impact of payments under the Act. The focus is on dairy farming and does not take into account impacts beyond the farm gate or impacts on open space and other environmental benefits.
Knowledge Graph Entity Alignment with Graph Convolutional Networks: Lessons Learned
Creators: name: Berrendorf, Max
name: Faerman, Evgeniy
name: Melnychuk, Valentyn
name: Tresp, Volker
name: Seidl, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this work, we focus on the problem of entity alignment in Knowledge Graphs (KG) and we report on our experiences when applying a Graph Convolutional Network (GCN) based model for this task. Variants of GCN are used in multiple state-of-the-art approaches and therefore it is important to understand the specifics and limitations of GCN-based models. Despite serious efforts, we were not able to fully reproduce the results from the original paper and after a thorough audit of the code provided by authors, we concluded, that their implementation is different from the architecture described in the paper. In addition, several tricks are required to make the model work and some of them are not very intuitive. We provide an extensive ablation study to quantify the effects these tricks and changes of architecture have on final performance. Furthermore, we examine current evaluation approaches and systematize available benchmark datasets. We believe that people interested in KG matching might profit from our work, as well as novices entering the field
Measuring Benefits to Operation and Maintenance Expenditure in the Canal Irrigation System of Pakistan: A Simulation Analysis
Creators: name: Chaudhry, Muhammad A.
name: Ali, Mubarik
name: Chaudhry, Muhammad A.
name: Ali, Mubarik
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1989
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Production Economics

description: Estimates regarding benefits to O&M investments help rationalize financial allocation decisions. A distributed lag model is used to estimate the contribution to agricultural productivity of funds utilized for O&M of the canal system in Pakistani Punjab. Estimated parameters are used to simulate the effects of alternative O&M investment scenarios on agricultural output, farm prices and income. Marginal benefits to past and prospective O&M investments in the canal irrigation system were found to be fairly high, suggesting the need to allocate more funds for O&M of the canal system. Results indicate that O&M investments yield substantial gains to both producers and consumers, implying that funds required for O&M activities could be generated by taxing both these segments of society.
Evaluating Agricultural Energy Policies Under Uncertainty: The Case of Electricity in South India
Creators: name: Babu, Suresh Chandra
name: Hallam, Arne
name: Babu, Suresh Chandra
name: Hallam, Arne
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1989
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Risk and Uncertainty

description: Farmers' attitude towards risk associated with the availability of energy inputs will influence their investment behavior and demand for energy inputs. In order to analyze policies that reduce the risk in energy availability, some modifications in methods are required. This study, using a mean-variance framework, demonstrates how cross-sectional data and time-series data on crop yields and prices can be used to analyze agricultural energy policies under uncertainty in a developing country context. It is argued that the farmers risk attitudes, their crop allocation behavior, changes in the demand for energy inputs and the stochastic relationship between various forms of energy inputs can be explained by the various energy constraints faced by them. Furthermore, using the same methods the impact of policies which affect these constraints, can be analyzed.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING MODERN TECHNOLOGIES IN ORGANIZING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN SECONDARY SPECIALIZED VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Creators: name: Davronova, Sayyora
name: Ormonova, Zarnigor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Teaching the Fundamentals of Algorithms and Programming course to non-specialist students in vocational schools presents certain challenges and opportunities. This thesis explores the methods of effectively teaching algorithmic thinking and programming skills to non-specialist students. The research analyzes the main difficulties faced by non-specialist students and proposes methodological approaches that serve to increase their level of mastery of the subject.
Density functional theory in the canonical ensemble I General formalism
Creators: name: Hernando, J. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Density functional theory stems from the Hohenberg-Kohn-Sham-Mermin (HKSM) theorem in the grand canonical ensemble (GCE). However, as recent work shows, although its extension to the canonical ensemble (CE) is not straightforward, work in nanopore systems could certainly benefit from a mesoscopic DFT in the CE. The stumbling block is the fixed $N$ constraint which is responsible for the failure in proving the interchangeability of density profiles and external potentials as independent variables. Here we prove that, if in the CE the correlation functions are stripped off of their asymptotic behaviour (which is not in the form of a properly irreducible $n$-body function), the HKSM theorem can be extended to the CE. In proving that, we generate a new {\it hierarchy} of $N$-modified distribution and correlation functions which have the same formal structure that the more conventional ones have (but with the proper irreducible $n$-body behaviour) and show that, if they are employed, either a modified external field or the density profiles can indistinctly be used as independent variables. We also write down the $N$-modified free energy functional and prove that the thermodynamic potential is minimized by the equilibrium values of the new hierarchy.
description: 17 pages, IOP style, submitted to J. Phys. Condens. Matter
A characteristics for a surface sum of two handlebodies along an annulus or a once-punctured torus to be a handlebody
Creators: name: Lei, Fengchun
name: Liu, He
name: Li, Fengling
name: Vesnin, Andrei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57N10

description: The main results of the paper is that we give a characteristics for an annulus sum and a once-punctured torus sum of two handlebodies to be a handlebody as follows: 1. The annulus sum $H=H_1\cup_A H_2$ of two handlebodies $H_1$ and $H_2$ is a handlebody if and only if the core curve of $A$ is a longitude for either $H_1$ or $H_2$. 2. Let $H=H_1\cup_T H_2$ be a surface sum of two handlebodies $H_1$ and $H_2$ along a once-punctured torus $T$. Suppose that $T$ is incompressible in both $H_1$ and $H_2$. Then $H$ is a handlebody if and only if the there exists a collection $\{δ, σ\}$ of simple closed curves on $T$ such that either $\{δ, σ\}$ is primitive in $H_1$ or $H_2$, or $\{δ\}$ is primitive in $H_1$ and $\{σ\}$ is primitive in $H_2$.
description: 11 pGES, 3 FIGURES
title: 01_2879
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
MOESM2 of Development of clinically relevant in vivo metastasis models using human bone discs and breast cancer patient-derived xenografts
Creators: name: Lefley, Diane
name: Howard, Faith
name: Arshad, Fawaz
name: Bradbury, Steven
name: Brown, Hannah
name: Tulotta, Claudia
name: Eyre, Rachel
name: Alférez, Denis
name: J. Wilkinson
name: Holen, Ingunn
name: Clarke, Robert
name: Ottewell, Penelope
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
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: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 2: Figure S2. Confirmation of ER/PR/HER2 expression in PDX samples. Gene expression analysis of estrogen receptor (ESRRG), progesterone receptor (PGR) and HER2 (ERBB2) in PDX’s growing in the mammary gland and in metastatic deposits isolated from human bone implants. Histograms show mean delta CT +/− SD of the expression of gene of interest compared with the housekeeping gene GAPDH.
Underground Sun Storage - Untertägige Speicherung von erneuerbarer Energie (Technology Talk)
Creators: name: Bauer, Stephan
name: NEFI New Energy for Industry
Publisher: name: NEFI New Energy for Industry
Year: 2025
Subjects: NEFI
Innovation Network
Energy
Industry
New Energy for Industry
Climate and Energy Fund
Model Region
Innovationsnetzwerk
Energie
Industrie
Klima- und Energiefonds
Vorzeigeregion
Wasserstoff in der Industrie
Hydrogen in Industry
Underground Sun Storage
Underground Sun Conversion

description: Am 12. September 2023 fand der NEFI Technology Talk zum Thema "Wasserstoff für Österreichs Industrie – Herausforderungen und Lösungen am Weg zur Dekarbonisierung" mit 120 Teilnehmer*innen statt. Diese Veranstaltung bot eine Gelegenheit für Expert*innen, Fachleute und Interessierte die aktuellen Herausforderungen und Chancen im Zusammenhang mit der Integration von Wasserstoff als Schlüsselkomponente in die österreichische Industrie zu diskutieren.

Die österreichische Industrie sieht sich mit enormen Herausforderungen konfrontiert, da sie bis 2040 Klimaneutralität und Dekarbonisierung anstrebt. Wasserstoff wird oft als der entscheidende Treiber für diese Transformation betrachtet. Während der Veranstaltung wurden wichtige Fragen erörtert:

Voraussetzungen für den Einsatz von Wasserstoff

Aktuelle Technologien und Innovationen

CO₂-neutrale Energieversorgung

Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen

Aktivitäten für den Hochlauf eines Wasserstoffmarkts

Wasserstoffkosten
Derivation of Long-run Factor Demands from Short-run Responses
Creators: name: Guyomard, Herve
name: Vermersch, Dominique
name: Guyomard, Herve
name: Vermersch, Dominique
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1989
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis
Production Economics

description: The concept of the restricted cost function provides a dual approach to the analysis of short-run technology. It allows also, under curvature restrictions, inference of the different possible equilibria, according to constraints on the firms. Moreover, in this paper, the properties of the restricted cost function are spelled out. Substitution possibilities related to the different regimes are also derived from the restricted cost function. This theoretical framework is applied to characterize the French cereal-producing sector by using a cross-section of farms.
Deep PSF photometric catalog of the VVV survey data
Creators: name: Zhang, Miaomiao
name: Kainulainen, Jouni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey has performed a multi-epoch near-infrared imaging of the inner Galactic plane. High-fidelity photometric catalogs are needed to utilize the data. We aim at producing a deep, point-spread-function (PSF) photometric catalog for the VVV survey J, H, and Ks band data. Specifically, we aim at taking advantage of all the epochs of the survey to reach high limiting magnitudes. We develop an automatic PSF-fitting pipeline based on the DaoPHOT algorithm and perform photometry on the stacked VVV images in J, H, and Ks bands. We present a PSF photometric catalog in the Vega system that contains about 926 million sources in the J, H, and Ks filters. About 10% of the sources are flagged as possible spurious detections. The 5 sigma limiting magnitudes of the sources with high reliability are about 20.8, 19.5, and 18.7 mag in the J, H, and Ks band, respectively, depending on the local crowding condition. Our photometric catalog reaches on average about one magnitude deeper than the previously released PSF DoPHOT photometric catalog. It also includes less spurious detections. There are significant differences in the brightnesses of faint sources between our catalog and the previously released one. The likely origin of these differences is in the different photometric algorithms that are utilized; it is not straightforward to assess which catalog is more accurate in which situations. Our new catalog is beneficial especially for science goals that require high limiting magnitudes; our catalog reaches such in fields that have a relatively uniform source number density. Overall, the limiting magnitudes and completeness are different in the fields with different crowding conditions.
description: 19 pages, 22 figures, and 2 tables. Accepted by A&A
Expected Economic Effects of BST in The Netherlands
Creators: name: Giesen, G. W. J.
name: Oskam, A. J.
name: Berentsen, Paul B.M.
name: Giesen, G. W. J.
name: Oskam, A. J.
name: Berentsen, Paul B.M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1989
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries
Production Economics

description: The calculated profitability of using Bovine Somatotropin (BST) on typical dairy farms in The Netherlands ranges from Dfl.160 to 300 per cow per year, assuming 1985 prices and circumstances, and ignoring the costs of BST. A 20% increase in milk production and no change of the feed/milk relation were used for the calculations. BST is more profitable on intensive farms or on farms with more opportunities for alternative uses ofland, buildings and labour. The quota system, however, leads to a considerable reduction of profitability. At a national level, and with an unchanged milk price, a 28% adoption rate of BST would increase national income about Dfl.120 million. However, the cost ofBST or any decrease in milk price could reduce this amount, even to below zero. It is apparent that some dairy farmers who apply BST will earn more income whereas others will lose income.
Weak lensing measurements of the APEX-SZ galaxy cluster sample
Creators: name: Klein, Matthias
name: Israel, Holger
name: Nagarajan, Aarti
name: Bertoldi, Frank
name: Pacaud, Florian
name: Lee, Adrian T.
name: Sommer, Martin
name: Basu, Kaustuv
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a weak lensing analysis for galaxy clusters from the APEX-SZ survey. For $39$ massive galaxy clusters that were observed via the Sunyaev-Zel\textquotesingle dovich effect (SZE) with the APEX telescope, we analyse deep optical imaging data from WFI(@2.2mMPG/ESO) and Suprime-Cam(@SUBARU) in three bands. The masses obtained in this study, including an X-ray selected subsample of 27 clusters, are optimised for and used in studies constraining the mass to observable scaling relations at fixed cosmology. A novel focus of our weak lensing analysis is the multi-colour background selection to suppress effects of cosmic variance on the redshift distribution of source galaxies. We investigate the effects of cluster member contamination through galaxy density, shear profile, and recovered concentrations. We quantify the impact of variance in source redshift distribution on the mass estimate by studying nine sub-fields of the COSMOS survey for different cluster redshift and manitude limits. We measure a standard deviation of $\sim 6$\% on the mean angular diameter distance ratio for a cluster at $z\!=\!0.45$ and shallow imaging data of $R\!\approx\!23$ mag. It falls to $\sim 1$\% for deep, $R=26$ mag, observations. This corresponds to 8.4\% and 1.4\% scatter in $M_{200}$. Our background selection reduces this scatter by $20-40$\%, depending on cluster redshift and imaging depth. We derived cluster masses with and without using a mass concentration relation and find consistent results, and concentrations consistent with the used mass-concentration relation.
description: Accepted and published by MNRAS. Additional online material available at the journal websites
Brain Neurological Constructs: The Neuronal Computational Schemes for Resolution of Life's Complexities
Creators: name: Schad, Jahan N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: For complex life to evolve, a sophisticated nervous system for handling its complexities was fundamental. The demand resulted in the emergence of brain's computational facility, the neuronal network. This facet of the brain is attested solidly by its inspired scientific computational neural nets which (mathematically) resolve and solve many complex problems. The presumptive general semblance of the computational operation between the two systems allows for the inference that the process in brain's neural domain also renders complexities for solution, as sets of parametric equations, like the basic implicit algorithmic formalisms underlying the operations of the scientific neural nets. This parallel is based on the fact that such devices resolve complex problems for which no declarative logical formulation is deployed. The mathematically resolved neural net problem formalism also resembled that of any theoretically known and formulated complexities which are algorithmized, in their discretized solution domains, within the context of initial and boundary value problems for direct or iterative solution by computers. The brain neuronal net algorithmization of complexities delineate the governing equations of life and living, solutions of which are achieved by trial and error learning, deploying rest of the nervous system and other faculties of living beings. The computational operations of the brain delineate two mental states: consciousness and the unconscious; the aware and unaware states which describes the interactive living processes involved in charting life's path.
description: 5 Pages
ПОЛИТИКА В РЕСПУБЛИКЕ УЗБЕКИСТАН ПО ПРОТИВОДЕЙСТВИЮ КОРРУПЦИИ
Creators: name: Хасанова, Гузалия
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Статья посвящена проблематике повышения эффективности борьбы с коррупцией в Республике  Узбекистан.  В статье обращается внимание на то, что модернизация законодательства является основополагающим фактором комплексного и системного противодействия коррупции в Узбекистане, в стране необходимо  продолжить  масштабные  политические  реформы  и  изменения  действующего законодательства, чтобы  борьба  с  коррупцией  была  более  эффективной.