cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Re-estimating per Capita Individual Consumption by Age from Household Data
Creators: name: Tanaka, Masamitsu
name: Mori, Hiroshi
name: Inaba, Toshio
name: Tanaka, Masamitsu
name: Mori, Hiroshi
name: Inaba, Toshio
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: individual consumption by age
subject: macro data by age of household head (HH)
subject: household age composition by HH age
subject: quadratic programming
subject: weighted regression
subject: standardized residuals
subject: gradual changes between successive age groups

description: Mori and Inaba proposed an estimation method of deriving individual consumption by age from macro data classified by age of household head (HH), using quadratic programming, 1997. We replaced their approach by regression with weights which are determined by the magnitude of standardized residuals, following the leads of Huber, 1981 and Minotani, 1992. Using our revised method which provides objective statistics, the estimates of per capita individual consumption of fresh fruit and fresh fish, respectively, by non-adults are substantially larger and those for the young adults somewhat smaller in our studies than in previous studies. It seems quite apparent that Japanese children and young adults have decreased their at-home consumption of these products substantially in recent years. Those older than 50years of age seem to have maintained their consumption at relatively high levels.
Aculops chinonei Huang 1971
Creators: name: Xue, Xiao-Feng
name: Han, Xiao
name: Song, Zi-Wei
name: Hong, Xiao-Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Eriophyidae
Aculops
Aculops chinonei

description: Aculops chinonei Huang, 1971
 Aculops chinonei Huang, 1971: 268–269.
 Aculops chinonei; Xue et al., 2007a: 67.
 Material examined. 11 females (slide number NJAUAcariEri349), from Rhus chinensis Mill. (Anacardiaceae), Huayang Town, Yang County, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 33°35'23' N, 107°32'26' E, elevation 1083m, 10 August 2005, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue & Zi-Wei Song.
 Host. Rhus chinensis Mill. (Originally listed as Rhus javanica L., a junior synonym of Rhus chinensis Mill.) (Anacardiaceae).
 Relation to host. Vagrant.
 Distribution. China (Shaanxi), Japan.
description: Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng, Han, Xiao, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2012, Eriophyoid mite fauna of Shaanxi Province, China, with descriptions of five new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) 3292, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 3292 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3292.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5250127
Violation of the Pauli principle and dimension of the Universe at very large distances
Creators: name: Kirillov, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a Modified Field theory (MOFT) in which the number of fields can vary. It is shown that in MOFT fermions obey the so-called parastatistics in which the order of the parastatistics depends on scales. In particular, at very large distances $r>r_{\min}$ fermions violate the Pauli principle. It is also shown that in MOFT in some range of scales $r_{\max}>r>r_{\min}$ the Universe acquires features of a two-dimensional space whose distribution in the observed 3-dimensional volume has an irregular character. This provides a natural explanation to the observed fractal distribution of galaxies and the logarithmic behavior of the Newton's potential for a point source.
description: replace with published version (minor misprints removed)
Haematology and biochemistry values for Temminck’s pangolins (Smutsia temminckii) from Zimbabwe
Creators: name: Connelly, Ellen
name: Hywood, Lisa
name: Donaldson, Mark
name: Pietersen, Darren W
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Blood biochemistry values are routinely employed during clinical examinations to assess the health of the patient and to identify potential underlying conditions. No blood biochemistry data are currently available for Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), a species that is being confiscated from both the domestic and international trade with increasing frequency, and this lack of data is hampering rehabilitation efforts. We determined haematological and serum biochemical values for ten Temminck’s pangolins rescued from the illegal wildlife trade in Zimbabwe and placed in the care of the Tikki Hywood Foundation as part of their rehabilitation. Our results suggest a large overlap in serum biochemistry and haematology values with previously reported values for other pangolin species, but also suggest some apparent differences. Haemoglobin, mean corpuscular haemoglobin and albumin:globulin ratio were positively correlated with mass, while alkaline phosphatase and amylase were negatively correlated with mass. Lymphocytes and monocytes were positively correlated with body condition, while mean corpuscular volume, alanine aminotransferase and total bilirubin were negatively correlated with condition. These results suggest that at least some parameters are independent of mass and are directly correlated with body condition and may therefore be informative in rapid health assessments of confiscated individuals.
Dynamic Model for LES Without Test Filtering: Quantifying the Accuracy of Taylor Series Approximations
Creators: name: Chester, Stuart
name: Charlette, Fabrice
name: Meneveau, Charles
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dynamic model for large-eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent flows requires test filtering the resolved velocity fields in order to determine model coefficients. However, test filtering is costly to perform in large-eddy simulation of complex geometry flows, especially on unstructured grids. The objective of this work is to develop and test an approximate but less costly dynamic procedure which does not require test filtering. The proposed method is based on Taylor series expansions of the resolved velocity fields. Accuracy is governed by the derivative schemes used in the calculation and the number of terms considered in the approximation to the test filtering operator. The expansion is developed up to fourth order, and results are tested a priori based on direct numerical simulation data of forced isotropic turbulence in the context of the dynamic Smagorinsky model. The tests compare the dynamic Smagorinsky coefficient obtained from filtering with those obtained from application of the Taylor series expansion. They show that the expansion up to second order provides a reasonable approximation to the true dynamic coefficient (with errors on the order of about 5 % for c_s^2), but that including higher-order terms does not necessarily lead to improvements in the results due to inherent limitations in accurately evaluating high-order derivatives. A posteriori tests using the Taylor series approximation in LES of forced isotropic turbulence and channel flow confirm that the Taylor series approximation yields accurate results for the dynamic coefficient. Moreover, the simulations are stable and yield accurate resolved velocity statistics.
description: submitted to Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 20 pages, 11 figures
Evaluation and Forecasting of the Financial Performance of the Unions of Rural Cooperatives by a Decision Support System
Creators: name: Koutroumanidis, Theodoros
name: Iliadis, Lazaros S.
name: Arabatzis, Garyfallos
name: Koutroumanidis, Theodoros
name: Iliadis, Lazaros S.
name: Arabatzis, Garyfallos
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: decision support system
subject: fuzzy logic
subject: multicriteria analysis
subject: Union of Rural Cooperatives
subject: financial scenarios
subject: evaluation
subject: forecasting

description: The evaluation and forecasting of the performance of the Unions of Rural Cooperatives (URC) can be performed through the use of various types of financial ratios, such as ratios of efficiency, reliability and management. A computer decision support system (DSS) was designed and implemented for this purpose. The system evaluates and ranks the URC by applying principles of multicriteria analysis. Assigning various weights to the financial ratios enacts different scenarios. Actually each scenario calls for a different type of evaluation. The types of evaluation are determined by a variety of performance indicators. Actual financial data concerning the URC of north Greece for the last ten years was used as input to the DSS. The DSS applies fuzzy logic in order to forecast the future performance of each URC. The application of the system with original financial URC data and the use of a fuzzy forecasting method constitute the original contribution of the paper. The paper can be used in any country of the world without any revisions.
Additional file 1: of Psychometric properties and performance of existing self-efficacy instruments in cancer populations: a systematic review
Creators: name: Huang, Fei-Fei
name: Yang, Qing
name: Wang, An-ni
name: Zhang, Jing-Ping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Table S1. Psychometric properties of included instruments. Table S2. Quality criteria for psychometric properties of self-efficacy instruments for cancer patients. (DOCX 31 kb)
Determinants of Groundwater Price under Bilateral Bargaining with Multiple Modes of Contracts: A Case from Madhya Pradesh, India
Creators: name: Kajisa, Kei
name: Sakurai, Takeshi
name: Kajisa, Kei
name: Sakurai, Takeshi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: groundwater irrigation
subject: bargaining
subject: sharecrop contract

description: In response to a concern about irrigation owners' exploitative pricing to buyers, this paper investigates the determinants of groundwater price in Madhya Pradesh, India. Observing bilateral negotiations over groundwater prices between water sellers and buyers, we explicitly incorporate the differences in bargaining power as one of the determinants. Since the past literature on land tenancy markets suggests that prices become higher under output sharing contracts, we also examine whether this applies to groundwater markets. Our empirical analyses show that output sharing buyers pay higher prices to the sellers than buyers under either fixed or flat charge contracts presumably due to a risk premium payment and an implicit interest payment. Furthermore, we found that the water price becomes higher when the buyers have no alternative water seller nearby. Although these premiums attached to the water price may not be considered excessively high under the constraint of imperfect contingent markets, if equity is to be achieved, the individuals who must be targeted first are output sharing buyers who have no alternative sellers.
BirdLasser: The influence of a mobile app on a citizen science project
Creators: name: Lee, Alan Tristram Kenneth
name: Nel, Henk
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: In recent decades, people across the world have adopted ‘smart-phones’ and their technology. Software applications on these devices have become diverse in their functionality and easy to use. Citizen science projects that try to mobilise data collection from people from diverse backgrounds are ideally placed to benefit from the acceptance of easy-to-use technology. This article describes the development of the mobile BirdLasser app and its integrated gamification network, with emphasis on how its unique features contributed to increased participation and submission of data to the current Southern African Bird Atlas Project (SABAP2) and associated BirdMap projects across Africa. The app has experienced a high adoption rate by contributors to SABAP2 (atlassers), birdwatchers and conservationists, contributing to causes, creating life lists and taking part in events. The app has been associated with the recruitment of new participants, but this has also seen a change in atlassing patterns, suggesting caution when using traditional measures of abundance comparisons, especially reporting rate, before and after the adoption of BirdLasser as the data submission pathway. We show that a well-designed mobile app that facilitates the flow of information from observers to databases is essential for maintaining long-term citizen science based, monitoring projects, especially if the platform is fun, well-supported, and free to use; but the introduction of an app may also introduce subtle changes to the data itself and so data submission pathways to citizen science projects is a field that requires additional research.
Aculops pelekassi
Creators: name: Xue, Xiao-Feng
name: Han, Xiao
name: Song, Zi-Wei
name: Hong, Xiao-Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Eriophyidae
Aculops
Aculops pelekassi

description: Aculops pelekassi (Keifer, 1959)
 Aculus pelekassi Keifer, 1959: 6–7.
 Aculus pelekassi Keifer, 1962: 11.
 Aculops pelekassi; 1966b: 9.
 Aculops pelekassi; Amrine & Stasny, 1994: 109.
 Aculops pelekassi; Kuang, et al, 2005: 95.
 Aculops pelekassi; Song et al., 2008: 34–35.
 Aculus pelekassi; Wei et al., 2009: 184–185.
 Aculus pelekassi; Vacante, 2010: 223.
 Material examined. 2 females and 3 males (slide number NJAUAcariEri487), from Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim. (Rutaceae), Daheba, Dangchang County, Gansu Province, P. R. China, 33°52'52' N, 104°22'15' E, elevation 1231m, 13 September 2005, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue & Zi-Wei Song.
 New material. 8 females and 1 male (slide number NJAUAcariEri316), from Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim. (Rutaceae), Changqing Nature Reserve, Huayang Town, Yang County, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 34°41'57' N, 107°37'09' E, elevation 2187m, 9 August 2005, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue & Zi-Wei Song.
 Hosts. Citrus sp., Poncirus trifoliata (Linn.) Raf., Prunus persica (Linn.) Batsch, Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim. (Rutaceae).
 Relation to host. Vagrant, rust.
 Distribution. China (Gansu, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang), Croatia, Greece, Italy, Japan, Malta, Montenegro, Paraguay, Sicily, Thailand, Ukraine, USA; Nearctic region, Neotropical region, Oriental region.
description: Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng, Han, Xiao, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2012, Eriophyoid mite fauna of Shaanxi Province, China, with descriptions of five new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) 3292, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 3292 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3292.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5250127
Probing Mechanical and Chemical Instabilities in Neutron-Rich Matter
Creators: name: Li, Bao-An
name: Sustich, Andrew T.
name: Tilley, Matt
name: Zhang, Bin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The isospin-dependence of mechanical and chemical instabilities is investigated within a thermal and nuclear transport model using a Skyrme-type phenomenological equation of state for neutron-rich matter. Respective roles of the nuclear mean field and the 2-body stochastic scattering on the evolution of density and isospin fluctuations in either mechanically or chemically unstable regions of neutron-rich matter are investigated. It is found that the mean field dominates overwhelmingly the fast growth of both fluctuations, while the 2-body scattering influences significantly the later growth of the isospin fluctuation only. The magnitude of both fluctuations decreases with the increasing isospin asymmetry because of the larger reduction of the attractive isoscalar mean field by the stronger repuslive neutron symmetry potential in the more neutron-rich matter. Moreover, it is shown that the isospin fractionation happens later, but grows faster in the more neutron-rich matter. Implications of these results to current experiments exploring properties of neutron-rich matter are discussed.
description: 18 pages & 15 figures, Nuclear Physics A (2001) in press
Simple Design on Nanoscale Receivers Using CNT Cantilevers
Creators: name: Ito, Yuji
name: Tadokoro, Yukihiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A nanoscale receiver utilizing the cantilever of a carbon nanotube has been developed to detect phase information included in transmitted signals. The existing receiver consists of a phase detector and demodulator which employ a reference wave and carrier signal, respectively. This paper presents a design method to simplify the receiver in structure with enhancing the performance for the phase detection. The reference wave or carrier signal is not needed in the receiver via the proposed design method.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure
Impacts of Set-Aside and R&E Policies on Agricultural Productivity in Japan, 1965-97
Creators: name: Kuroda, Yoshimi
name: Abdullah, Naziruddin
name: Kuroda, Yoshimi
name: Abdullah, Naziruddin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: set-aside programs
subject: R&E investments
subject: "input-saving" and "output-augmenting" productivities
subject: returns to scale
subject: multi-product translog variable cost function

description: This paper estimates "input-saving" and "output-augmenting" productivity (PGX and PGY) with respect to the stock of technological knowledge resulting from public R&E investments as well as returns to scale (RTS) at farm level in Japanese agriculture for the period 1965-97. It also investigates the impacts of set-aside and public R&E policies on PGX, PGY, and RTS. In attaining objectives, a multi-product translog variable cost function is estimated using farm management data for Japanese agriculture excluding the Hokkaido district. Empirical results show that both PGX and PGY have experienced decreasing trends, while returns to scale have shown increasing trends since 1972. Additionally, the set-aside programs seemed to have the effect of discouraging larger-scale farming. Meanwhile, public R&E activities have encouraged larger-scale farming but have had negative effects on PGX and PGY. The negative effects may have been caused mainly by declining effciency in the utilization of research outputs on the part of farmers probably because of dampened incentives due partly to the set-aside programs.
Safe Grasping with a Force Controlled Soft Robotic Hand
Creators: name: Le, Tran Nguyen
name: Lundell, Jens
name: Kyrki, Ville
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Safe yet stable grasping requires a robotic hand to apply sufficient force on the object to immobilize it while keeping it from getting damaged. Soft robotic hands have been proposed for safe grasping due to their passive compliance, but even such a hand can crush objects if the applied force is too high. Thus for safe grasping, regulating the grasping force is of uttermost importance even with soft hands. In this work, we present a force controlled soft hand and use it to achieve safe grasping. To this end, resistive force and bend sensors are integrated in a soft hand, and a data-driven calibration method is proposed to estimate contact interaction forces. Given the force readings, the pneumatic pressures are regulated using a proportional-integral controller to achieve desired force. The controller is experimentally evaluated and benchmarked by grasping easily deformable objects such as plastic and paper cups without neither dropping nor deforming them. Together, the results demonstrate that our force controlled soft hand can grasp deformable objects in a safe yet stable manner.
description: Accepted to 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC 2020)
Pursuing Added Value in the Irish Agri‐Food Sector: An Application of the Global Value Chain Methodology
Creators: name: Heery, Declan
name: O’Donoghue, Cathal
name: Ó Fathartaigh, Mícheál
name: Heery, Declan
name: O’Donoghue, Cathal
name: Ó Fathartaigh, Mícheál
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: In 2015, under its Food Wise 2025 strategy, the Irish government set itself the ambitious target of increasing Ireland’s income from agri‐food exports to €19 billion within ten years, an 85 per cent increase. This paper analyses the structure of the two main food systems in Ireland; the dairy and beef industries, to examine value chain efficiencies in production needed to achieve such a level of growth. This paper, lays bare a reality characterised by significant inefficiencies and suggests innovations to increase the competitiveness of the industries internationally. Moreover, the paper recognises that the ability of stakeholders to add value to primary products in the two main Irish food systems is key to the success of the Food Wise strategy. The methodology that the paper employs to analyse the dynamics of the Irish dairy and beef systems is the Global Value Chain (GVC) methodology championed and developed by the Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness at Duke University. Through the disaggregation of the various segments that comprise the food systems, the GVC methodology allows for a multidimensional analysis, and for the identification of where rationalisation is required and where value may be added to primary products. The paper presents value chain maps for both the Irish dairy and beef systems to compare and contrast the structures, institutions, characteristics and effectiveness of the two value chains. The comparison illustrates cogently where rationalisation is needed and where value may be added. The paper finds that the Irish dairy system is more fragmented than the systems of other dairy‐producing countries and that at the farm and processing levels it still requires, despite much rationalisation since the 1980s, substantial consolidation may still be necessary. Regarding where value may be added to primary products, the paper finds that in the Irish dairy system there remains an over‐reliance on basic commodity sales and that innovation to open up entirely new markets, both in terms of products, such as in the area of sports nutrition, and geographically, such as middle‐eastern markets, with white cheese, is required. Regarding the Irish beef system it finds that while there is not as much scope for product diversification, innovation in branding and standardisation could produce a considerable dividend. Comparing value chain integration, the institutional structure built upon farmer owned cooperatives in the dairy sector allows for greater coordination and responsiveness to market opportunities. The beef value chain however is much less integrated, beset by cross‐value chain competition and low levels of trust, which has implications for future value generation and transformation across the chain.
Remarks on the distributional Schwarzschild geometry
Creators: name: Heinzle, J. Mark
name: Steinbauer, Roland
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This work is devoted to a mathematical analysis of the distributional Schwarzschild geometry. The Schwarzschild solution is extended to include the singularity; the energy momentum tensor becomes a delta-distribution supported at r=0. Using generalized distributional geometry in the sense of Colombeau's (special) construction the nonlinearities are treated in a mathematically rigorous way. Moreover, generalized function techniques are used as a tool to give a unified discussion of various approaches taken in the literature so far; in particular we comment on geometrical issues.
description: 13 pages, revtex4, to appear in JMP
The Role of Agri-food Processor in the Food Economics
Creators: name: Bezat-Jarzębowska, Agnieszka
name: Rembisz, Włodzimierz
name: Bezat-Jarzębowska, Agnieszka
name: Rembisz, Włodzimierz
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: agi-food sector
subject: agri-food processor
subject: food economics

description: Theoretical description of the agri-food market allows for identification of three entities whose interactions determine the market balance. In this perspective, we can distinguish consumers, agri-food processors and agricultural producers. They form a kind of circular flow of interdependent entities. The behavior of each of them conditions the behavior of others. The goal of the paper is to evaluate the role of processor in the food supply chain. We also raise the question of food processors in the context of their impact on the producers through prices of agricultural raw materials. The considerations are made basing on formal analytical models referring to the standards on the reasoning in microeconomics which are expand by the empirical evidence of analyzed problems. The processor is crucial to the sustainability of growth in the agri-food sector, because by seeking to maximize his objective function he determines the price level of agricultural products produced by the producers, under the assumption that the price of agricultural raw materials is determined by their marginal utility for the processor. It is also the basis for isolating the intermediate demand, which is reported by the agri-food processor for agricultural raw materials and direct (final) demand reported by the consumer.
title: Exploring the Utility of Social Emotional Support in Investigative Interviews
Creators: name: Gerryts, Dirkje D
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: investigative interview
subject: socio-emotional support
subject: sexual assault

description: Interviewees need to be supported to remember and articulate their experiences accurately and completely in investigative interviews. A rich account, elicited with a high-quality interview, can assist investigation, and increase the likelihood that the case will progress onward in the criminal justice system. The process of reporting personal and sensitive information, like sexual abuse, can be both cognitively and emotionally demanding for interviewees. Interviewer socio-emotional support in the form of supportive behaviours and strategies can help create an environment conducive to sharing. However, in comparison to other types of sensitive conversations (i.e., therapeutic interactions), forensic interviewers must consider additional parameters (e.g., neutrality of interviewer) when providing socio-emotional support in investigative interviews. Before supportive behaviours and strategies can be trained and used in the field, extensive research is needed to vouch for their effectiveness. While considerable research has explored how interviewers can best support child and adult interviewees in investigative interviews, the evidence is still not entirely conclusive. Three notable gaps remain in the research: a) ambiguity about what, how, when, and why supportive behaviours are used, b) incomplete understanding of participant perceptions regarding support behaviours or strategies used in their interviews, and c) a lack of guidelines for how interviewers should conduct preparatory phases with adults. This thesis comprises three studies which aimed to evaluate the utility, effectiveness, and perceptions of a variety of supportive behaviours and strategies for non-child interviewees. [...]
Additional file 1: of Reconstructing high-resolution chromosome three-dimensional structures by Hi-C complex networks
Creators: name: Liu, Tong
name: Wang, Zheng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary figures. Figure S1. (a) the converting function (α = 1/3) from Hi-C contacts to spatial distances; (b) the Hi-C contact distribution only considering two beads within 20 beads apart; (c) an illustration of triangle definition in HiCNet networks. Figure S2. The distribution of α values for the twenty chromosomes in mES. Figure S3. The distribution of Hi-C contacts between the beads with α parameters at top 5% and between beads with α parameters at bottom 5%. Figure S4. The distribution of Hi-C contacts between the beads with α parameters at top 20% and between beads with α parameters at bottom 20%. Figure S5. The Spearman correlations between αij values and corresponding Hi-C contacts cij. Here we only use cij with |i - j| > 0.1*number of beads on a chromosome and cij ≠ 0. Figure S6. The plot of chromosome 9’s Hi-C contacts against inferred wish distances. The blue lines indicate the inverse relationship between Hi-C contacts (<= 50) and inferred wish distances. Figure S7. The heatmap of the Euclidean distances parsed from the 40 kb resolution 3D structure of X-chromosome generated by PASTIS with α equal to 0.35. The heatmap is in 500 kb, i.e., we average the distances of 40 kb beads into 500 kb. Figure S8. The heatmap of the Euclidean distances parsed from the 40 kb resolution 3D structure of X-chromosome generated by ChromSDE with α equal to 0.35. The heatmap is in 500 kb, i.e., we average the distances of 40 kb beads into 500 kb. (DOCX 1532 kb)
MOESM3 of Inbreeding depression due to recent and ancient inbreeding in Dutch Holstein–Friesian dairy cattle
Creators: name: Doekes, Harmen
name: Veerkamp, Roel
name: Bijma, Piter
name: Jong, Gerben
name: Hiemstra, Sipke
name: Windig, Jack
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 3: Table S1. Estimates of inbreeding depression for all traits1 and total inbreeding measures2, expressed in percentage of trait means (% of $$\overline{x}$$ x ¯ ), in corrected phenotypic standard deviations ( $$\sigma_{p}$$ σ p ) and in genetic standard deviations ( $$\sigma_{a}$$ σ a ). The results for $$\sigma_{p}$$ σ p and $$\sigma_{a}$$ σ a were multiplied by 100. Estimates correspond to the estimates in Table 2.
title: Characterisation of enterovirus A71 tropism, host cell proteomic impact and sensitivity to novel inhibitors of virus infection
Creators: name: Martin, Gael
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: enterovirus A71
subject: cellular tropism
subject: antiviral drug discovery

description: The persistent surge in viral infections worldwide poses a significant and growing challenge. Effectively managing the impact of viral outbreaks on public health requires a thorough understanding of the underlying pathogens. One of the current demographics most at risk is children under the age of five. In the Asia-Pacific region, a major cause for concern is hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), and is mostly the result of enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) infection. Sadly, there are currently no treatment options against EV-A71 infection available on the market. In this thesis, I will investigate the poorly understood EV-A71 cellular tropism and the influence of EV-A71 on the host-cell metabolic processes with the end purpose of facilitating the design of potent antiviral compounds against EV-A71 infection, using multidisciplinary approaches. [...]
Correlating IceCube-170922A Neutrino Event with γ-Ray Spectrum from TXS 0506+056 using Fermi/LAT Data
Creators: name: Neupane, Rajendra
name: Dhital, Niraj
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: We conducted an analysis of γ-ray data of TXS 0506+056 detected by Fermi LAT spanning from August 1, 2010, to October 22, 2023. We generated a comprehensive light curve covering the entire thirteen-years period. Through this analysis, we identified potential flaring events within the data and the correlation of the IceCube–170922A neutrino event with the flaring. In 1-day time binning, we determined energy flux, photon flux, and spectral index. The spectral index was at its lowest value of 2.003 ± 0.057, and the average energy flux was at (1.945 ± 0.211) ×10−4 MeV cm−2 s−1 at the detection date of IceCube–170922A neutrino event. This indicates a significant flattening/hardening of the spectrum during the detection of the IceCube–170922A neutrino event.
Atmospheric Gravity Perturbations Measured by Ground-Based Interferometer with Suspended Mirrors
Creators: name: Rudenko, V. N.
name: Serdobolski, A. V.
name: Tsubono, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A possibility of geophysical measurements using the large scale laser interferometrical gravitational wave antenna is discussed. An interferometer with suspended mirrors can be used as a gradiometer measuring variations of an angle between gravity force vectors acting on the spatially separated suspensions. We analyze restrictions imposed by the atmospheric noises on feasibility of such measurements. Two models of the atmosphere are invoked: a quiet atmosphere with a hydrostatic coupling of pressure and density and a dynamic model of moving region of the density anomaly (cyclone). Both models lead to similar conclusions up to numerical factors. Besides the hydrostatic approximation, we use a model of turbulent atmosphere with the pressure fluctuation spectrum f^{-7/3} to explore the Newtonian noise in a higher frequency domain (up to 10 Hz) predicting the gravitational noise background for modern gravitational wave detectors. Our estimates show that this could pose a serious problem for realization of such projects. Finally, angular fluctuations of spatially separated pendula are investigated via computer simulation for some realistic atmospheric data giving the level estimate 10^{-11} rad/sqrt(Hz) at frequency 10^{-4} Hz. This looks promising for the possibility of the measurement of weak gravity effects such as Earth inner core oscillations.
description: 13 pages, 4 pigures, LaTeX. To be published in Classical and Quantum Gravity
The influence of host dispersal on the gene flow and genetic diversity of generalist and specialist ectoparasites
Creators: name: Matthee, Conrad A
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 60506 Virology

description: The dispersal and subsequent gene flow within parasite species is the result of a complex interaction between parasite life history, host life history and abiotic environmental factors. To gain more insights into the drivers responsible for parasite dispersal, COI mtDNA genetic data derived from six southern African generalist parasite species, including fleas, mites and ticks were compared with four specialist species from the same geographic region. Generalist tick species represented by Amblyomma hebraeum, Hyalomma truncatum and H. rufipes all occur temporarily on highly mobile ungulate hosts and showed high levels of haplotypic genetic diversity and high levels of dispersal with an average intraspecific global Fst (population differentiation index) value of 0.27 (±0.13). Generalist parasites, such as fleas, Listropsylla agrippinae and Chiastopsylla rossi, and one mite species, Laelaps muricola, that are all semi-permanent on the host and restricted to less mobile hosts species, showed a similar high level of genetic diversity, but an intermediate average Fst value of 0.67 (±0.11). Highly specialised semi-permanent parasites, such as the mite L. giganteus and the permanent lice Polyplax praomydis, Hoplopleura patersoni and P. arvicanthis recorded the lowest level of genetic diversity and a low level of gene flow among geographic sampling localities with an average Fst value of 0.95 (±0.05). This study provides strong support for the Specialist Generalist Variation Hypothesis (SGVH) and highlights the role that host dispersal and host specialisation by parasites play in the dispersal and evolution of ectoparasites.
Óptimo técnico y económico: diversificación, costos ocultos y los estímulos para mejorar los procreos en la ganadería nacional
Creators: name: Lanfranco, Bruno
name: Helguera, Lorenzo
name: Lanfranco, Bruno
name: Helguera, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: cría
subject: ternero
subject: vaquillona
subject: vaca gorda
subject: vaca de invernada
subject: diversificación

description: El contexto actual del mercado de haciendas es el más favorable de los últimos 20 años para el sector criador. El ternero es un producto importante para el criador pero no es el único; también produce vaquillonas o vacas de descarte, gordas o para invernada, con la ventaja que siempre ofrecen estas categorías como instrumento para una rápida liquidez. La relación de precios entre el ternero y la vaca es determinante para definir la proporción de cada uno en la oferta del productor. Con todo, el porcentaje de destete que permite alcanzar el óptimo económico seguramente está por debajo del potencial técnico. Para que los esfuerzos en aumentar los índices reproductivos del rodeo nacional tengan cierto éxito, el productor necesita visualizar claramente las ventajas de incorporar tecnologías con ese objetivo, de lo contrario no lo hará. Para ello se debe cuantificar su costo económico, estimando costos de oportunidad, en especial los de aprendizaje y otros costos ocultos asociados a la adopción de las mismas, lo que constituye todo un desafío. The current context of live cattle market is the most favorable of the last 20 years for the cow-calf sector. The calf is an important product of cow-calf operations but it is not the only one; it also produces heifers and fat or feeder cows, with the advantage that these cattle categories exhibit a quick liquidity anytime. The price relationship between calves and cows is essential for determining the proportion of each one in the portfolio of the producer. The required weaning rate for achieving the economic optimum is probably inferior to the one required for the technical optimum. For a successful increase of the reproductive indices of the national rodeo, producers need to visualize unequivocally the advantages of incorporating technologies with that objective otherwise, the effort will be worthless. It is necessary a correct quantification of the economic costs, estimating opportunity costs, in particular learning and other hidden costs associated with the adoption of the technology. This is a challenge.
Consumers’ Acceptance and Attitude towards Bioactive Enriched Foods
Creators: name: Hegyi, Adrienn
name: Kertész, Zsófia
name: Kuti, Tünde
name: Sebők, András
name: Hegyi, Adrienn
name: Kertész, Zsófia
name: Kuti, Tünde
name: Sebők, András
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: HTAS
subject: functional foods
subject: sensory test
subject: bioactive enriched foods

description: The aim of our research was to explore the consumers’ attitude towards healthy diet and food consumption and measure the acceptance of these types of products on the product portfolio developed in PATHWAY-27 projects. The benefit of the experiment was to have a better understanding on HTAS based questionnaire with using real prototypes of bioactive enriched foods with potential health claims. The results showed clearly, that unusual appearance and flavour have negative effect on the opinion of the product and the positive health effect also increases the acceptance of the products.
The influence of host dispersal on the gene flow and genetic diversity of generalist and specialist ectoparasites‡
Creators: name: Matthee, Conrad A
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 60506 Virology

description: The dispersal and subsequent gene flow within parasite species is the result of a complex interaction between parasite life history, host life history and abiotic environmental factors. To gain more insights into the drivers responsible for parasite dispersal, COI mtDNA genetic data derived from six southern African generalist parasite species, including fleas, mites and ticks were compared with four specialist species from the same geographic region. Generalist tick species represented by Amblyomma hebraeum, Hyalomma truncatum and H. rufipes all occur temporarily on highly mobile ungulate hosts and showed high levels of haplotypic genetic diversity and high levels of dispersal with an average intraspecific global Fst (population differentiation index) value of 0.27 (±0.13). Generalist parasites, such as fleas, Listropsylla agrippinae and Chiastopsylla rossi, and one mite species, Laelaps muricola, that are all semi-permanent on the host and restricted to less mobile hosts species, showed a similar high level of genetic diversity, but an intermediate average Fst value of 0.67 (±0.11). Highly specialised semi-permanent parasites, such as the mite L. giganteus and the permanent lice Polyplax praomydis, Hoplopleura patersoni and P. arvicanthis recorded the lowest level of genetic diversity and a low level of gene flow among geographic sampling localities with an average Fst value of 0.95 (±0.05). This study provides strong support for the Specialist Generalist Variation Hypothesis (SGVH) and highlights the role that host dispersal and host specialisation by parasites play in the dispersal and evolution of ectoparasites.
A regional study on the Eddy Kinetic Energy transfers of the Meso and Submesoscale reservoirs in the Ocean
Creators: name: Tedesco, Pauline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Agulhas Current, modeling, eddies, energy budgets, energy transfers, vertical modes

description: This is the PhD presentation, carried out in the Laboratory for Ocean Physics and Satellite remote sensing (Brest, France), under the supervision of Pierrick Penven, Jonathan Gula and Claire Ménesguen, on the subject of : " A regional study on the Eddy Kinetic Energy transfers of the Meso and Submesoscale reservoirs in the Ocean ". Abstract : This PhD is based on regional numerical simulations and addresses, from an energetic perspective, the Meso (O(10-100)km) and Submesoscale (O(0.1- 10)km) variability of the Agulhas Current. (i) Submesoscale variability at the transition between the two Agulhas Current branches (28° E-26°E) is dominated, in the absence of mesoscale meanders, by cyclonic frontal eddies forming a ’vortex street’. The frontogenetic background strain intensifies the frontal shear, which then triggers the barotropic instability leading to submesoscale eddies generation. (ii) A modal Eddy Kinetic Energy budget characterizes the energy transfers between the different vertical structures. The Agulhas Current is a generation region for mesoscale eddies. Interactions forced by stratification-topography gradients (3 contributions) globally result in a larger energy loss than dissipation processes (bottom friction and wind) for mesoscale eddies. The offshore areas are characterized by an inverse vertical cascade (triadic interactions). (iii) The ageostrophic and nonlinear dynamics of the barotropic and the 1st baroclinic modes dominate the mesoscale eddy dynamics in the Agulhas Current region. The eddy energy budget diagnostic from altimetry data alone therefore does not allow to assess the net eddy-energy sources and sinks.
Metric and Curvature in Gravitational Phase Space
Creators: name: Watson, Glenn
name: Klauder, John R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: At a fixed point in spacetime (say, x_0), gravitational phase space consists of the space of symmetric matrices F^{ab} [corresponding to the canonical momentum pi^{ab}(x_0) and of symmetric matrices {G_{ab}}[corresponding to the canonical metric g_{ab}(x_0), where 1 \leq a,b \leq n, and, crucially, the matrix {G_{ab}} is necessarily positive definite, i.e. \sum u^a G_{ab}u^b > 0 whenever \sum (u^a)^2 > 0. In an alternative quantization procedure known as Metrical Quantization, the first and most important ingredient is the specification of a suitable metric on classical phase space. Our choice of phase space metrics, guided by a recent study of Affine Quantum Gravity, leads to gravitational phase space geometries which possess constant scalar curvature and may be regarded as higher dimensional analogs of the Poincare plane, which applies when n=1. This result is important because phase spaces endowed with such symmetry lead naturally via the procedures of Metrical Quantization to acceptable Hilbert spaces of high dimension.
description: LaTeX, 11 pages, no figures
Additional file 9 of Casparian strip membrane domain proteins in Gossypium arboreum: genome-wide identification and negative regulation of lateral root growth
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaoyang
name: Zhang, Yuanming
name: Wang, Liyuan
name: Pan, Zhaoe
name: He, Shoupu
name: Gao, Qiong
name: Chen, Baojun
name: Gong, Wenfang
name: Du, Xiongming
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 9: Figure S2. pGaGASP27::GUS positive seedlings were screened in the Kanamycin/Cephalosporin MS medium. The red arrow indicates positive transgenic seedlings.