cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Efecto de la salinidad sobre el metabolismo del glucógeno hepático y cerebral tras la ingesta de alimento, usando como organismo de ensayo a Tilapia Roja (Oreochromis spp.).
Effect of salinity on the metabolism of the Hepatic and cerebral glycogen after ingestion of food, using as a test organism a Red tilapia (Oreochromis spp.).
Creators: name: Osorio Urtecho, Katherinne Del Rosario
name: Osorio Urtecho, Katherinne Del Rosario
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Glycogen
subject: Intake
subject: Stress

description: The aim of the present investigation was to obtain evidence, for the first time in red tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) on the effect of salinity 0 (T1), 10 (T2) and 20 ppt (T3) on the metabolism of glycogen in brain and liver, after the food intake. The fish (150 ± 10 g of weight) were obtained in the Tilapia production farm, TILAPAC-Honduras. They were placed in a battery of 6 experimental tanks (ET) for each salt concentration, n = 8. Prior to the experiment, the fish were not fed for 48 hours (h). Subsequently, the fish were anesthetized using MS-222. The brain and liver samples were taken and frozen at -30 ° C for the evaluation of glycogen levels from 0 h to 20 h with an interval of 4 h, between samples (1 ET = 4 h). The results show that at 0 and 10 ppt of salinity, glycogen levels increase in the liver at 4 and 12 h, respectively; while in the brain the increase was observed at 16 h postprandial (0 and 10 ppt) and at 12 h in 20 ppt. The fish at 20 ppt of salinity showed lower levels of liver glycogen than those placed at 0 and 10 ppt at 0, 4, 16 and 20 h postprandial; while in the brain this phenomenon was only observed at 4 and 8 h. There is a correlation between the fluctuation of glycogen levels throughout the experimental period between 0 and 10 ppt of salinity, in the liver (R: 0.85, P = 0.03) and brain (R: 0.994, P = 0.00005). Finally, the low levels of hepatic glycogen in 20 ppt of salinity suggest the probable activation of the HPI and HPC axes for the maintenance of osmoregulation. Therefore, tilapia cultivated in 20 ppt could present stress levels higher than those cultivated at 0 ppt and 10 ppt salinity.
description: Autora: Katherinne del Rosario Osorio Urtech, M.Sc Tutor: Ariel Aguilar, Ph.D Colaboradores: Karen Palacios Sánchez, M.Sc Ing. Dalia Lumbi Ortega Ing. Denis Marlon Alborenga Ing. Jaime López
Innovation and marketing strategies for PDO products: the case of “Parmigiano Reggiano” as an ingredient
Creators: name: Mancini, Maria Cecilia
name: Consiglieri, Claudio
name: Mancini, Maria Cecilia
name: Consiglieri, Claudio
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Incremental innovation
subject: PDO
subject: information asymmetry
subject: product life cycle
subject: ingredient
subject: mature market
subject: typical product

description: Typical products can contribute to socio-economic development of their place of origin if they are able to take part in the logic of the global market. The aim of this research is to examine one type of innovation, the use of PDO products as ingredients, as a part of a strategy to re-launch PDO products which have a mature market. The evolution of the concept of innovation is discussed; innovation is then considered in relation to product life cycle and information asymmetry. There is then a case study on the use of PDO Parmigiano Reggiano cheese as an ingredient in industrial processing. This case shows that even incremental innovation can have serious effects for the market when it is applied on production phases which lie outside the direct control of the PDO producers. In order to protect the consumer as well as the PDO producer, it would be advisable for new legislation to regulate in more detail innovation involving products bearing origin certificates.
Studies of parton thermalization at RHIC
Creators: name: Shin, Ghi R.
name: Müller, Berndt
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the evolution of a parton system which is formed in the central region just after a relativistic heavy ion collision. The parton consist of mostly gluons, minijets, which are produced by elastic scattering between constituent partons of the colliding nuclei. We assume the system can be described by a semi-classical Boltzmann transport equation, which we solve by means of the test particle Monte-Carlo method including retardation. The partons proliferate via secondary radiative $gg \to ggg$ processes until the thermalization is reached for some assumptions. The extended system is thermalized at about $t=1.6$ fm/$c$ with $T = 570$ MeV and stays in equilibrium for about 2 fm/$c$ with breaking temperature $T = 360$ MeV in the rapidity central region.
description: 14 pages
Cosmological principle and honeycombs
Creators: name: Criado, C.
name: Alamo, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the possibility that the gravitational growth of primordial density fluctuations leads to what can be considered a week version of the cosmological principle. The large scale mass distribution associated with this principle must have the geometrical structures known as a regular honeycombs. We give the most important parameters that characterize the honeycombs associated with the closed, open, and flat FLRW models. These parameters can be used to determine by means of observations which is the appropriate honeycomb. For each of these honeycombs, and for a nearly flat universe, we have calculated the probability that a randomly placed observer could detect the honeycomb as a function of the density parameters.
description: 16 pages, 3 figures. Minor revisions to reflect version published in Class.Quant.Grav
Excited State Mean-Field Theory without Automatic Differentiation
Creators: name: Zhao, Luning
name: Neuscamman, Eric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a formulation of excited state mean-field theory in which the derivatives with respect to the wave function parameters needed for wave function optimization (not to be confused with nuclear derivatives) are expressed analytically in terms of a collection of Fock-like matrices. By avoiding the use of automatic differentiation and grouping Fock builds together, we find that the number of times we must access the memory-intensive two-electron integrals can be greatly reduced. Furthermore, the new formulation allows the theory to exploit existing strategies for efficient Fock matrix construction. We demonstrate this advantage explicitly via the shell-pair screening strategy, with which we achieve a cubic overall cost scaling. Using this more efficient implementation, we also examine the theory's ability to predict charge redistribution during charge transfer excitations. Using coupled cluster as a benchmark, we find that by capturing orbital relaxation effects and avoiding self-interaction errors, excited state mean field theory out-performs other low-cost methods when predicting the charge density changes of charge transfer excitations.
title: An analysis of the contribution of Professor C.H. Dodd to Johannine scholarship in the English-speaking world
Creators: name: King, Joseph Stephen
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1983

description: This dissertation is an analysis of the contribution of C.H. Dodd to Johannine scholarship in the English-speaking world from 1900-1975. It also places Dodd's Johannine studies in the context of his New Testament work, without which they are liable to be misunderstood. The analysis reveals that, despite his meticulous scholarship, Dodd was not an innovator in Johannine studies. The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel was the classical expression of an approach that had long been standard in English-speaking scholarship but it quickly became almost a 'child out of its time'. Historical Tradition in the Fourth Gospel gave definitive expression to a movement long-burgeoning in English-speaking scholarship yet Dodd did not 'weigh' the tradition that he recovered nor adapt his understanding of the Fourth Evangelist to the implications of his discoveries. Few scholars have realised that Dodd's two major Johannine studies are in tension with each other. Dodd apparently did not understand that the implications of Historical Tradition in the Fourth Gospel went against his long-held definitive understanding of the Fourth Evangelist as the ‘Master Propagator' of Christianity to the Hellenistic world. Dodd was the most significant English-speaking New Testament scholar within this period yet his contribution to Johannine studies has been overestimated. He enjoys a reputation for changing his mind, but he never moved to essentially new positions. Any changes of position are minor compared to a central isolated and insulated consistency. He was not significantly influenced by his colleagues. Much modern Johannine scholarship is now discontinuous with that of Dodd. It has fastened onto insights that Dodd considered insignificant. Dodd's dilemma was that he was by nature inclined to pursue the quest for the historical Jesus for which the evidence of the Fourth Gospel is problematical whereas modern Johannine scholarship is rightly concerned with the quest for the Johannine community.
"Whoever Wants Peace Prepares Peace": Impact and outcomes of International Panafrican University of Peace in Africa in Rwandan youth and society
Creators: name: Benjamin NIYONSHUTI*
name: Lucien HAKIZIMANA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Peace, Peacebuilding, Conflict Prevention, Peace Education, UPA's Program. Behavioral Change.

description: Abstract: This study analyzes the systemic approach to conflict prevention and peacebuilding of UPA’s program in Rwanda with the principle “Whoever Wants Peace Prepares Peace”. The main objective is to evaluate the impact of peace education in 1511 graduated in UPA related program, 35 first graduates in Rwanda and 1476 students and teachers trained in the same perspectives by Association des Jeunes de Saint Charles Lwanga (AJECL) in 45 schools. A sample of 43 respondents was selected using Slovin’s formula. Data collection involved a structured questionnaire, and the results were analyzed using statistical tools to present findings. The study reveals that 95% of respondents are aware of UPA, and 72% have participated in peacebuilding activities. Additionally, 78% believe the program significantly improves conflict resolution skills, while 81% report positive behavioral changes. 76% of teachers and students confirm a reduction of violence in school due to peace education. However, 40% cite resource constraints as a challenge in implementing the program effectively. In conclusion, UPA’s program has had a significant impact on fostering a culture of peace among students and teachers. Strengthening resources and expanding training can further enhance its effectiveness in conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Rwandan schools and beyond.
Some remarks on stable densities and operators of fractional differentiation
Creators: name: Neretin, Yuri A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 33C60, 26A33, 44A10, 60E07

description: Let $D(s)$ be a fractional derivation of order $s$. For a real $p\ne 0$, we construct an integral operator $A(p)$ in an appropriate functional space such that $A(p) D(s) A(p)^{-1}=D(p s)$ for all $s$. The kernel of the operator $A(p)$ is expressed in terms of a function similar to the stable densities.
Hidden differences: Life story narratives of adults with learning disabilities
Creators: name: Skolnikoff, Jessica Ann
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The overarching concern of my research is how people with hidden differences, which make them marginal, experience life. For the purposes of this dissertation, I define a person on the social margin as someone who, because of a "difference or differences," feels, participates and is treated as outside normative expectations and practices. Through an analysis of life stories, I examine the multi-faceted nature of social, academic and professional interactions and the effect that being learning disabled has on people's lives. The anthropological concept of liminality based on Turner (1967) provides a perspective on how individuals operate with "hidden differences." Because of their hidden differences, people with learning disabilities operate between the worlds of the non-learning disabled and the disabled---betwixt and between. Three additional areas of theoretical research provide a lens into how individuals with learning disabilities make sense of their lives in terms of their hidden differences. Goffman's (1963) classic research on stigma and the management of spoiled identity frames my research. Butler's (1990) theory of performativity provides a way to explore the experience of being learning disabled. Sedgwick (1993) emphasizes the role of the audience in the performative act. The methodology for this research consists of collecting and analyzing life story narratives. Following Linde's (1993), Leap's (1995) and Polanyi's (1985) work with life stories, I collected data in interviews with adults with learning disabilities who expressed their own opinions about their lives as individuals with learning disabilities. I examine these narrative texts for four recurring themes: liminality, revealing, performance and the role of the other. The life stories confirm that these individuals with learning disabilities are liminal-people because their differences are built-in and in most situations always hidden. Further, in every revealing moment the individual continues to construct him/herself, either by revealing and dealing with the consequences, or not revealing and creating a situation of hiding or deflecting attention from the disability. Finally, the variable that has often been overlooked is the role of the other and how that plays out in an individual's performance and experience.
Synergic Adversarial Label Learning for Grading Retinal Diseases via Knowledge Distillation and Multi-task Learning
Creators: name: Ju, Lie
name: Wang, Xin
name: Zhao, Xin
name: Lu, Huimin
name: Mahapatra, Dwarikanath
name: Bonnington, Paul
name: Ge, Zongyuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The need for comprehensive and automated screening methods for retinal image classification has long been recognized. Well-qualified doctors annotated images are very expensive and only a limited amount of data is available for various retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy (DR). Some studies show that AMD and DR share some common features like hemorrhagic points and exudation but most classification algorithms only train those disease models independently. Inspired by knowledge distillation where additional monitoring signals from various sources is beneficial to train a robust model with much fewer data. We propose a method called synergic adversarial label learning (SALL) which leverages relevant retinal disease labels in both semantic and feature space as additional signals and train the model in a collaborative manner. Our experiments on DR and AMD fundus image classification task demonstrate that the proposed method can significantly improve the accuracy of the model for grading diseases. In addition, we conduct additional experiments to show the effectiveness of SALL from the aspects of reliability and interpretability in the context of medical imaging application.
Fakability and validity of the Life Orientation Test
Creators: name: Terrill, Diana Roscow
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Two studies investigating the psychometric properties of the Life Orientation Test (LOT; Scheier & Carver, 1985) demonstrate its utility as a self-report measure of dispositional optimism, with two caveats. In Study 1, there were 27 undergraduate students who received special instructions encouraging them to "fake good". These participants scored significantly higher on the LOT than 26 control undergraduate students who received no special instructions. Conversely, despite the special instructions, the "fake good" participants did not score significantly higher on the Gottschalk-Gleser Hope Scale (Hope Scale; Gottschalk, 1974a), a content analysis measure of optimism, than their control counterparts. These findings suggest that the transparent nature of the LOT items provide the potential for its falsification, while the Hope Scale cannot be faked. In Study 2, a multi-trait, multi-method study was conducted with data from 93 undergraduate students to elucidate conflicting findings regarding the validity of the LOT with respect to neuroticism (Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994; Smith et al, 1989; Williams, 1992). Results did not reveal the expected association between the two different methods (self-report questionnaires and content analysis scales) of assessing optimism and neuroticism, although the like-method measures were related logically and meaningfully. Potential explanations for the lack of relationship between the LOT and Gottschalk-Gleser's Hope and Anxiety Scales are discussed. Results revealed that the LOT was significantly associated with self-report measures of neuroticism, although it was also related to other self-report measures of optimism/pessimism above and beyond the variance contributed by neuroticism. Findings from these studies suggest that the LOT provides a valid assessment of dispositional optimism, although its potential for fakability, and association with neuroticism require consideration in conjunction with its use.
Sustainability comparison of a local and a global milk value chains in Switzerland
Creators: name: Schmitt, Emilia
name: Barjolle, Dominique
name: Tanquerey-Cado, Anaëlle
name: Brunori, Gianluca
name: Schmitt, Emilia
name: Barjolle, Dominique
name: Tanquerey-Cado, Anaëlle
name: Brunori, Gianluca
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Production Economics
subject: local
subject: global
subject: attributes
subject: sustainability
subject: indicators; milk

description: Local food generally has a positive image, supported among consumers by the perception of reduced negative impacts on the environment and other dimensions. However, a critical analysis of local food chains’ performance in comparison with more global ones is still needed to objectively assess the real benefits and drawbacks of local and global food chains. A careful analysis needs to be conducted to compare the sustainability performance of local food value chains with global ones. In this paper, the methodology of selecting a set of attributes and indicators of performance to compare the multi-dimensional performance of a local with a global food chain is presented. A specific selection of attributes of performance around five sustainability dimensions (economic, social, environmental, health and ethical) is used to measure and evaluate two Swiss milk chains’ performances and compare the local chain with the global one.
Emergency medical service resource allocation in a mass casualty incident by integrating patient prioritization and hospital selection problems
Creators: name: Kyohong Shin
name: Taesik Lee
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Mass casualty incidents often cause a shortage of resources for emergency medical services such as ambulances and emergency departments. These resources must be effectively managed to save as many lives as possible. Critical decisions in operating emergency medical service systems include the prioritization of patients for ambulance transport and the selection of destination hospitals. We develop a stochastic dynamic model that integrates patient transport prioritization and hospital selection problems. Policy solutions from the model are compared with other plausible heuristics, and our experimental results show that our policy solution outperforms other alternatives. More importantly, we show that there are considerable benefits from optimally selecting hospitals, which suggests that this decision is just as important as the patient prioritization decision. Motivated by the finding, we propose a heuristic policy that considers both patient prioritization and hospital selection. Experimental results demonstrate strong performance of our heuristic policy compared with existing heuristics. In addition, the proposed approach offers practical advantages. Whereas the existing heuristic policies use patient information, our heuristic policy requires information on the hospital state, which is more readily available and reliable.
Merizomena klapperichi Jedlicka 1956
Creators: name: Azadbakhsh, Saeed
name: Mirmoayedi, Alinaghi
name: Jamali, Samad
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Merizomena
Merizomena klapperichi

description: Merizomena klapperichi Jedlicka, 1956
 Material Examined. Bushehr province, Dalaki env., 2.IV.2016, S. Azadbakhsh leg. & det. (2 specimens).
 Distribution. Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Jordan, and Pakistan. In Iran, this species was cited from Hormozgan and Sistan va Baluchestan provinces by Azadbakhsh et al. (2016). New province record for Bushehr.
 Biology. The specimens were collected by light trap.
description: Published as part of Azadbakhsh, Saeed, Mirmoayedi, Alinaghi & Jamali, Samad, 2017, New Faunistic Records of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Southern Iran, pp. 413-418 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2) on page 417, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-71.2.413, http://zenodo.org/record/4836649
On perishability and Vertical Price Transmission: empirical evidences from Italy
Creators: name: Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano
name: Von Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan
name: Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano
name: Von Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: asymmetries
subject: AVECM
subject: fruits and vegetables
subject: perishability
subject: Vertical Price Transmission

description: Studies on the causes for asymmetries in vertical price transmission date back to decades ago, but the attention of theorists and empirical economists is still vivid. In particular the role of perishability is not fully defined. We investigate the vertical price transmission for a heterogeneous group of fruits and vegetables that differ for their degree of perishability. The error correction model we estimate allows to conclude that asymmetries in vertical price transmission tend to vanish for perishable products.
Quality, market mechanisms and regulation in the food chain
Creators: name: Marette, Stephan
name: Marette, Stephan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: market regulation
subject: quality
subject: sustainability
subject: experiment
subject: welfare estimation

description: This paper focuses on questions related to the regulation of quality in the food chain. The paper first recalls the new challenges related to quality in the food chain, with an emphasis on the issue of sustainability. This first part underlines that the numerous dimensions related to sustainability make the regulation necessary but difficult. Then the paper introduces a partial equilibrium model calibrated with empirical data, for helping evaluate which regulatory instrument should be socially preferred ex ante on a case-by-case basis. An application to the milk market focuses on linseed for feeding dairy cows, which reduces methane emissions and increases the omega-3 content of milk. Simulations compare the impact of the exclusive use of one label signaling omega-3, versus the impact of a minimum-quality standard imposing linseed in the diet of all dairy cows. Both instruments would have a positive impact on consumers’ surpluses and some producers’ profits. This application shows that details about the influence of regulatory tools on surpluses may be given on a case-by-case basis.
Fakability and validity of the Life Orientation Test
Creators: name: Terrill, Diana Roscow
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5205
subject: Social and personality psychology

description: Two studies investigating the psychometric properties of the Life Orientation Test (LOT; Scheier & Carver, 1985) demonstrate its utility as a self-report measure of dispositional optimism, with two caveats. In Study 1, there were 27 undergraduate students who received special instructions encouraging them to "fake good". These participants scored significantly higher on the LOT than 26 control undergraduate students who received no special instructions. Conversely, despite the special instructions, the "fake good" participants did not score significantly higher on the Gottschalk-Gleser Hope Scale (Hope Scale; Gottschalk, 1974a), a content analysis measure of optimism, than their control counterparts. These findings suggest that the transparent nature of the LOT items provide the potential for its falsification, while the Hope Scale cannot be faked. In Study 2, a multi-trait, multi-method study was conducted with data from 93 undergraduate students to elucidate conflicting findings regarding the validity of the LOT with respect to neuroticism (Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994; Smith et al, 1989; Williams, 1992). Results did not reveal the expected association between the two different methods (self-report questionnaires and content analysis scales) of assessing optimism and neuroticism, although the like-method measures were related logically and meaningfully. Potential explanations for the lack of relationship between the LOT and Gottschalk-Gleser's Hope and Anxiety Scales are discussed. Results revealed that the LOT was significantly associated with self-report measures of neuroticism, although it was also related to other self-report measures of optimism/pessimism above and beyond the variance contributed by neuroticism. Findings from these studies suggest that the LOT provides a valid assessment of dispositional optimism, although its potential for fakability, and association with neuroticism require consideration in conjunction with its use.
Evolving Neural Networks through a Reverse Encoding Tree
Creators: name: Zhang, Haoling
name: Yang, Chao-Han Huck
name: Zenil, Hector
name: Kiani, Narsis A.
name: Shen, Yue
name: Tegner, Jesper N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: NeuroEvolution is one of the most competitive evolutionary learning frameworks for designing novel neural networks for use in specific tasks, such as logic circuit design and digital gaming. However, the application of benchmark methods such as the NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies (NEAT) remains a challenge, in terms of their computational cost and search time inefficiency. This paper advances a method which incorporates a type of topological edge coding, named Reverse Encoding Tree (RET), for evolving scalable neural networks efficiently. Using RET, two types of approaches -- NEAT with Binary search encoding (Bi-NEAT) and NEAT with Golden-Section search encoding (GS-NEAT) -- have been designed to solve problems in benchmark continuous learning environments such as logic gates, Cartpole, and Lunar Lander, and tested against classical NEAT and FS-NEAT as baselines. Additionally, we conduct a robustness test to evaluate the resilience of the proposed NEAT algorithms. The results show that the two proposed strategies deliver improved performance, characterized by (1) a higher accumulated reward within a finite number of time steps; (2) using fewer episodes to solve problems in targeted environments, and (3) maintaining adaptive robustness under noisy perturbations, which outperform the baselines in all tested cases. Our analysis also demonstrates that RET expends potential future research directions in dynamic environments. Code is available from https://github.com/HaolingZHANG/ReverseEncodingTree.
description: Accepted to IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC) 2020. Lecture Presentation
The normative promise of global civil society: The role of the World Council of Churches in the transition to and maintenance of democracy in South Africa
Creators: name: Warr, Kevin C.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: The normative promise of civil society---that is, its utility in transitions to and maintenance of democracy---is keenly manifested in certain religious organizations. I pose this as a hypothesis and have tested it through my examination of the role of the World Council of Churches in the democratic transformation in South Africa. The results of the research indicate that the WCC was effective in pressuring the South African government through direct action, though the manipulation of the world economy and through consciousness raising. In terms of South African civil society, the WCC's involvement fostered mutual trust through dialogue, established norms of ethical behavior through consciousness raising, and created social networks through its advocacy of action-based theology. In the end, I show that the example of the World Council of Churches clarifies the analytic place of certain religious organizations in an emerging global civil society and highlights their ability to advance the normative promise of civil society. The key theoretical argument of this dissertation is that certain religious bodies, such as the World Council of Churches, which operate within the realm of global civil society are qualitatively different than their secular counterparts. These religious associations are able to foster trust, establish norms of ethical behavior and create social networks across national boundaries. They are able to do this because of shared religious sensibilities that go beyond cultural and national confines. Mutual trust, an understanding of the norms of behavior and the establishment of social networks are necessary for democracy to function well. These are the components of social capital. I have taken a two-pronged methodological approach to the problem, incorporating archival analyses and unstructured interviews with South African religious elites. I employ a hermeneutic approach, which pays attention to context and privileges the subjective beliefs of participants. Using the Habermasian notion of a dual hermeneutic, I document not only the "objective" involvement of the World Council of Churches in the fall of the apartheid regime, but also the subjective beliefs of religious elites who were directly affected by the World Council's engagement.
Continuous-Variable Quantum Teleportation with a Conventional Laser (Rev. Ver.)
Creators: name: Fujii, Mikio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a description of balanced homodyne detection (BHD) using a conventional laser as a local oscillator (LO), where the laser field outside the cavity is a mixed state whose phase is completely unknown. Our description is based on the standard interpretation of the quantum theory for measurement, and accords with the experimental result in the squeezed state generation scheme. We apply our description of BHD to continuous-variable quantum teleportation (CVQT) with a conventional laser to analyze the CVQT experiment [A. Furusawa et al., Science 282, 706 (1998)], whose validity has been questioned on the ground of intrinsic phase indeterminacy of the laser field [T. Rudolph and B.C. Sanders, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 077903 (2001)]. We show that CVQT with a laser is valid only if the unknown phase of the laser field is shared among sender's LOs, the EPR state, and receiver's LO. The CVQT experiment is considered valid with the aid of an optical path other than the EPR channel and a classical channel, directly linking between a sender and a receiver. We also propose a method to probabilistically generate a strongly phase-correlated quantum state via continuous measurement of independent lasers, which is applicable to realizing CVQT without the additional optical path.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures. This is a revised version of quant-ph/0301045. I have not replaced that original version with this revised one so that readers can easily verify priority of ideas first presented in the original version in every arXiv mirror site. I changed the part referring to the papers by van Enk and Fuchs, emphasizing a fundamental difference in claims between their papers and mine
Energy of weak gravitational waves in spacetimes with a positive cosmological constant
Creators: name: Chruściel, P. T.
name: Hoque, Sk Jahanur
name: Smołka, Tomasz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive a formula for the total canonical energy, and its flux, of weak gravitational waves on a de Sitter background.
description: essentially identical to the version to appear in PRD
"Whoever Wants Peace Prepares Peace": Impact and outcomes of International Panafrican University of Peace in Africa in Rwanda youth and society
Creators: name: Benjamin NIYONSHUTI*
name: Lucien HAKIZIMANA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Peace, Peacebuilding, Conflict Prevention, Peace Education, UPA's Program. Behavioral Change.

description: Abstract: This study analyzes the systemic approach to conflict prevention and peacebuilding of UPA’s program in Rwanda with the principle “Whoever Wants Peace Prepares Peace”. The main objective is to evaluate the impact of peace education in 1511 graduated in UPA related program, 35 first graduates in Rwanda and 1476 students and teachers trained in the same perspectives by Association des Jeunes de Saint Charles Lwanga (AJECL) in 45 schools. A sample of 43 respondents was selected using Slovin’s formula. Data collection involved a structured questionnaire, and the results were analyzed using statistical tools to present findings. The study reveals that 95% of respondents are aware of UPA, and 72% have participated in peacebuilding activities. Additionally, 78% believe the program significantly improves conflict resolution skills, while 81% report positive behavioral changes. 76% of teachers and students confirm a reduction of violence in school due to peace education. However, 40% cite resource constraints as a challenge in implementing the program effectively. In conclusion, UPA’s program has had a significant impact on fostering a culture of peace among students and teachers. Strengthening resources and expanding training can further enhance its effectiveness in conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Rwandan schools and beyond.
The normative promise of global civil society: The role of the World Council of Churches in the transition to and maintenance of democracy in South Africa
Creators: name: Warr, Kevin C.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The normative promise of civil society---that is, its utility in transitions to and maintenance of democracy---is keenly manifested in certain religious organizations. I pose this as a hypothesis and have tested it through my examination of the role of the World Council of Churches in the democratic transformation in South Africa. The results of the research indicate that the WCC was effective in pressuring the South African government through direct action, though the manipulation of the world economy and through consciousness raising. In terms of South African civil society, the WCC's involvement fostered mutual trust through dialogue, established norms of ethical behavior through consciousness raising, and created social networks through its advocacy of action-based theology. In the end, I show that the example of the World Council of Churches clarifies the analytic place of certain religious organizations in an emerging global civil society and highlights their ability to advance the normative promise of civil society. The key theoretical argument of this dissertation is that certain religious bodies, such as the World Council of Churches, which operate within the realm of global civil society are qualitatively different than their secular counterparts. These religious associations are able to foster trust, establish norms of ethical behavior and create social networks across national boundaries. They are able to do this because of shared religious sensibilities that go beyond cultural and national confines. Mutual trust, an understanding of the norms of behavior and the establishment of social networks are necessary for democracy to function well. These are the components of social capital. I have taken a two-pronged methodological approach to the problem, incorporating archival analyses and unstructured interviews with South African religious elites. I employ a hermeneutic approach, which pays attention to context and privileges the subjective beliefs of participants. Using the Habermasian notion of a dual hermeneutic, I document not only the "objective" involvement of the World Council of Churches in the fall of the apartheid regime, but also the subjective beliefs of religious elites who were directly affected by the World Council's engagement.
The Preacher Who Blasted F.F. Bosworth: A Look at Dr. Arno C. Gaebelein and His Criticism of Pentecostals and Healing Evangelists
Creators: name: Barnes, Roscoe
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 210304 Biography
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: 220402 Comparative Religious Studies
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: Religious Studies

description: Arno C. Gaebelein was the John MacArthur of his day. This is a review of his life and his criticism of Pentecostals, women preachers, and healing evangelists. #FFBosworth
Exploring scenario guided pathways for food assistance in Tuscany
Creators: name: Galli, Francesca
name: Arcuri, Sabrina
name: Bartolini, Fabio
name: Vervoort, Joost
name: Brunori, Gianluca
name: Galli, Francesca
name: Arcuri, Sabrina
name: Bartolini, Fabio
name: Vervoort, Joost
name: Brunori, Gianluca
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Political Economy
subject: food security
subject: food poverty
subject: scenario analysis
subject: strategic planning
subject: high income countries

description: A growing number of people in high income countries, also from the segments of population once considered secure, seek food assistance. Diverse food aid initiatives and practices are developed by a range of actors to tackle food poverty; alongside traditional difficulties, new challenges emerge from welfare expenditure cuts, the reorganization of EU Funds for the Most Deprived (FEAD) and from the spreading of surplus food recovery practices by private companies. Based on a preliminary analysis on food assistance practices in Tuscany (Italy), it emerged that operators involved in food assistance activities are reflecting upon future developments: how is food assistance re-thinking its role to deal with the challenges posed by the current context of change? This work adopts a participatory scenario approach to examine pathways that can be considered robust under uncertainties in the planning context of food assistance. We combine the strengths of back-casted planning, which develops desirable pathways for the future, and explorative scenarios that describe plausible future contexts. Results comprise the definition of shared priority themes and plans tested across a set of downscaled scenarios. The methodology provides a promising learning tool to engage with stakeholders and foster a creative future oriented thinking approach to food assistance system’s vulnerability and resilience.
Economic institutions and institutional change in the United States electric power industry
Creators: name: Wisniewski, Lorel Elaine
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Historical data from the U.S. electric power industry was used to test two theories of institutional change. A transactions costs theory based on the neoclassical model was tested against a strategic bargaining model of institutional change. A comparative test of the two models supports the strategic bargaining theory, finding that relative bargaining power can influence the course of institutional change when the power advantage is held by a player who expects to reap economic gains from the change. This result has implications for expectations regarding the nature of economic institutions in that efficient institutions would not be expected to emerge if outcomes are determined by asymmetries in bargaining power. Estimation of a cost function using recent firm-level panel data from the electric power industry found no statistically significant cost differentials between publicly owned and privately owned electric utilities. Transactions costs, measured at the level of the firm, were included as an explanatory variable. The model was estimated as a one-way, fixed effects model to account for institutional variation between firms. Institutional variation was found to lead to cost differentials between individual firms, but not by ownership sector. The cost functions estimated were found to differ structurally by ownership sector, suggesting that public and private electric utilities may utilize different input combinations.
The circular economy and agriculture: new opportunities for re-using Phosphorus as fertilizer
Creators: name: Vollaro, Michele
name: Galioto, Francesco
name: Viaggi, Davide
name: Vollaro, Michele
name: Galioto, Francesco
name: Viaggi, Davide
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: circular economy
subject: agriculture
subject: phosphorus
subject: fertilizer

description: The increasing demand of phosphorus (P) worldwide is posing important challenges on the market stability of fertilizers. Extracting more P would not guarantee high P quality and low prices. Globally, only the European Commission, in a recent document about the Circular Economy strategy, has begun to address the challenge of the dependence on phosphate rock. Based on a simple circular economy theoretical framework, this paper proposes an impact analysis of the use of recycled P as a substitute of chemical P fertilizers. Two new technologies applied to retrofit existing wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are considered: Moving-Bed Bio-Reactors and Struvite Crystallization Modules. The analyses indicate that the introduction of these technologies prove to be economically sustainable for specific levels of inhabitant equivalent (IE) and that the profitability of struvite, as a substitute of chemical P, increases with increasing levels of P fertilizer prices and for increasing sizes of WWTPs.
Economic institutions and institutional change in the United States electric power industry
Creators: name: Wisniewski, Lorel Elaine
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: Historical data from the U.S. electric power industry was used to test two theories of institutional change. A transactions costs theory based on the neoclassical model was tested against a strategic bargaining model of institutional change. A comparative test of the two models supports the strategic bargaining theory, finding that relative bargaining power can influence the course of institutional change when the power advantage is held by a player who expects to reap economic gains from the change. This result has implications for expectations regarding the nature of economic institutions in that efficient institutions would not be expected to emerge if outcomes are determined by asymmetries in bargaining power. Estimation of a cost function using recent firm-level panel data from the electric power industry found no statistically significant cost differentials between publicly owned and privately owned electric utilities. Transactions costs, measured at the level of the firm, were included as an explanatory variable. The model was estimated as a one-way, fixed effects model to account for institutional variation between firms. Institutional variation was found to lead to cost differentials between individual firms, but not by ownership sector. The cost functions estimated were found to differ structurally by ownership sector, suggesting that public and private electric utilities may utilize different input combinations.