cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Uniform Price Mechanisms for Threshold Public Goods Provision: An Experimental Investigation
Creators: name: Li, Zhi
name: Anderson, Christopher M.
name: Swallow, Stephen
name: Li, Zhi
name: Anderson, Christopher M.
name: Swallow, Stephen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Uniform price auction
subject: Uniform price cap
subject: Proportional rebate
subject: No rebate

description: This paper introduces two new mechanisms for provision point public goods, motivated by the design of uniform price auctions: the uniform price auction mechanism (UPA) collects an endogenously determined uniform price from everyone offering at least that price, while the uniform price cap mechanism (UPC) collects the uniform price from everyone offering at least that price, plus the full offer of everyone offering less. UPA and UPC are compared with the provision point mechanism (PPM) and the proportional rebate mechanism (PR). We use undominated perfect equilibrium and the marginal penalty associated with overcontribution to provide benchmark predictions for an experimental comparison with heterogeneous induced values, and with different provision point treatments. We find UPA generates by far the highest group and individual contributions at all provision points and values, but has the lowest provision rate; UPC elicits higher aggregate contributions than PPM and PR, and has the highest provision rate, driven by higher contributions from high-value individuals, especially at moderate provision points. This is consistent with subjects offering more in mechanisms with lower expected marginal penalty, but the effect is most significant when marginal contributions are more likely to affect provision.
Identity, Inequality, and the Media in Brexit-COVID-19-Britain (ESRC) Surveys, Waves 1--3
Creators: name: Stevens, Daniel
name: Banducci, Susan
name: Laszlo Horvath
name: Jones, Andrew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 160699 Political Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Questionnaires, case summaries, and replication material for research output connected to Identity, Inequality and the Media in Brexit-Covid-19 Britain (ESRC)
An improvement in un-Encapsulated perovskite solar cell’s environmental stability via introduction of an electrode interface layer
Creators: name: Chauhan, Abhishek K.
name: Kumar, Pankaj
name: Sharma, Shailesh Narain
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description:      Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have shown power conversion efficiency (PCE) up to 25.5%,
but they are still struggling with their poor environmental stability. We have improved
the ecological stability of un-encapsulated PSCs via interface modification of the top
metal electrode. We used CH3NH3PbI3-xClx perovskite as the light absorber and Ag metal as the top electrode. The interface
of Ag electrode was modified by introducing a thin layer of MoOx/Al before Ag. We observed that MoOx/Al interlayer before Ag imparts better stability to the devices than conventional Ag electrode only. We found that MoOx/Al interlayer impedes the diffusion of oxygen and metal
electrode into
the perovskite film and considerably halts the device degradation upon being
kept for about 350 h under laboratory ambient conditions (room temperature 25±2oC and humidity 40±5%). This work mainly highlights the role of interfaces in PSCs degradation, and will help to address
the stability issues in PSCs.
A non-standard CP transformation leading to maximal atmospheric neutrino mixing
Creators: name: Grimus, W.
name: Lavoura, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a neutrino mass matrix $\mathcal{M}_ν$ originally found by Babu, Ma, and Valle (BMV) and show that this mass matrix can be characterized by a simple algebraic relation. From this relation it follows that atmospheric neutrino mixing is exactly maximal while at the same time an arbitrary mixing angle $θ_{13}$ of the lepton mixing matrix $U$ is allowed and--in the usual phase convention--CP violation in mixing is maximal; moreover, neither the neutrino mass spectrum nor the solar mixing angle are restricted. We put forward a simple seesaw extension of the Standard Model where the family lepton numbers are softly broken by the Majorana mass terms of the right-handed neutrino singlets and the BMV mass matrix results from a non-standard $CP$ symmetry.
description: 13 pages, plain LaTeX, no figures; minor modifications, final version for Phys. Lett. B
The 3-D kinematics of water masers around the semiregular variable RT Virginis
Creators: name: Imai, Hiroshi
name: Shibata, Katsunori M.
name: Marvel, Kevin B.
name: Diamond, Philip J.
name: Sasao, Tetsuo
name: Miyoshi, Makoto
name: Inoue, Makoto
name: Migenes, Victor
name: Murata, Yasuhiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report observations of water masers around the semiregular variable RT Virginis (RT Vir), which have been made with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) at five epochs, each separated by three weeks of time. We detected about 60 maser features at each epoch. Overall, 61 features, detected at least twice, were tracked by their radial velocities and proper motions. The 3-D maser kinematics exhibited a circumstellar envelope that is expanding roughly spherically with a velocity of about 8 km/s. Asymmetries in both the spatial and velocity distributions of the maser features were found in the envelope, but less significant than that found in other semiregular variables. Systematic radial-velocity drifts of individual maser features were found with amplitudes of <= 2 km/s/yr. For one maser feature, we found a quadratic position shift with time along a straight line on the sky. This apparent motion indicates an acceleration with an amplitude of 33 km/s/yr, implying the passage of a shock wave driven by the stellar pulsation of RT Vir. The acceleration motion is likely seen only on the sky plane because of a large velocity gradient formed in the accelerating maser region. We estimated the distance to RT Vir to be about 220 pc on the basis of both the statistical parallax and model-fitting methods for the maser kinematics.
description: 18 pages, 8 figures. Accepted to appear in the Astrophysical Journal
Integrating Machine Learning and Multiscale Modeling: Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Biological, Biomedical, and Behavioral Sciences
Creators: name: Alber, Mark
name: Tepole, Adrian Buganza
name: Cannon, William
name: De, Suvranu
name: Dura-Bernal, Salvador
name: Garikipati, Krishna
name: Karniadakis, George
name: Lytton, William W.
name: Perdikaris, Paris
name: Petzold, Linda
name: Kuhl, Ellen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fueled by breakthrough technology developments, the biological, biomedical, and behavioral sciences are now collecting more data than ever before. There is a critical need for time- and cost-efficient strategies to analyze and interpret these data to advance human health. The recent rise of machine learning as a powerful technique to integrate multimodality, multifidelity data, and reveal correlations between intertwined phenomena presents a special opportunity in this regard. However, classical machine learning techniques often ignore the fundamental laws of physics and result in ill-posed problems or non-physical solutions. Multiscale modeling is a successful strategy to integrate multiscale, multiphysics data and uncover mechanisms that explain the emergence of function. However, multiscale modeling alone often fails to efficiently combine large data sets from different sources and different levels of resolution. We show how machine learning and multiscale modeling can complement each other to create robust predictive models that integrate the underlying physics to manage ill-posed problems and explore massive design spaces. We critically review the current literature, highlight applications and opportunities, address open questions, and discuss potential challenges and limitations in four overarching topical areas: ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, data-driven approaches, and theory-driven approaches. Towards these goals, we leverage expertise in applied mathematics, computer science, computational biology, biophysics, biomechanics, engineering mechanics, experimentation, and medicine. Our multidisciplinary perspective suggests that integrating machine learning and multiscale modeling can provide new insights into disease mechanisms, help identify new targets and treatment strategies, and inform decision making for the benefit of human health.
The Australian Agricultural Economics Profession: An Appraisal of Current Trends
Creators: name: Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z.
name: Bonnor, Kylie A.
name: Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z.
name: Bonnor, Kylie A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: profession
subject: society
subject: agricultural economics

description: Using the results of the first part of their 1994 AAES membership survey, Ahmadi-Esfahani and Brake (1995) examined the structure, conduct, and performance of the society qualitatively. This paper extends that analysis by appraising the current trends in the Australian agricultural economics profession quantitatively. While still utilizing some anecdotal evidence, the paper concentrates on the second part of the survey to address a number of more fundamental questions. These include constraints impinging upon alternative research philosophies and methodologies, environments required for the creation of useful knowledge and mechanisms necessary for fostering innovative thinking and scientific debate. Comparison of current trends in the Australian and American agricultural economics professions is made. The implications of the analysis for the product mix of the Society (eg. publications) and the balance between inputs and outputs of the profession are explored.
Productos Intermedios Petroquímicos: Los nuevos desafíos
Creators: name: Flores, Ramiro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400403
subject: Chemical engineering design
classificationCode: 400499
subject: Chemical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Varios países asiático orientales, sin apenas posesión de petróleo crudo, han desarrollado fuertes capacidades productivas en el downstream petrolero: refino y petroquímica. Se trata de Japón, tres de los denominados «dragones» asiáticos (Corea del Sur, Taiwán y Singapur), tres economías menos avanzadas del sudeste asiático (Malasia, Tailandia e Indonesia) y China.
El desarrollo de estas industrias petroleras se ha realizado de forma aislada en cada país, y, por tanto, se trata de experiencias dispares, o si ha seguido un mismo patrón de comportamiento que las vincula y las integra, conformando un determinado modelo de desarrollo para esas industrias. El principal paradigma interpretativo del cambio estructural y las relaciones exteriores asiático-orientales, es
posible centrarlas con el paradigma de las ocas voladoras (POV). Enfoque que formula una interpretación del crecimiento de las capacidades productivas y de las relaciones económicas regionales mediante determinadas tesis que pretenden explicar el proceso de industrialización iniciado en Japón y seguido por sucesivas generaciones de países de la región.
title: Μέτρηση βλαπτικών παραγόντων σε λατομεία αδρανών υλικών - μέθοδοι μετρήσεων και εκτίμησης της έκθεσης των εργαζομένων
Creators: name: Παναγιωτακης Αρσενιος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2025

description: Η ασφάλεια των εργαζομένων στους λατομικούς χώρους έχει πολύ μεγάλη σημασία καθώς οι κίνδυνοι που παρουσιάζονται δεν μπορούν να απαλειφτούν τελείως, κάνοντας έτσι τον κλάδο εργασίας αρκετά επικίνδυνο.
Στην παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία ελήφθησαν μετρήσεις για τους βλαπτικούς παράγοντες για την υγεία των εργαζομένων σε λατομείο αδρανών υλικών. Αναλύθηκαν οι παράγοντες αυτοί, εξετάστηκε τι προβλήματα μπορούν να προκαλέσουν στους εργαζόμενους σε περίπτωση που οι τιμές είναι μεγαλύτερες από τα όρια που έχουν θεσπιστεί, παρουσιάστηκε η μεθοδολογία για τον υπολογισμό των ημερήσιων σταθμισμένων τιμών και της σύγκρισης με τις οριακές και τέλος προτάθηκαν μέτρα που μπορούν να ληφθούν έτσι ώστε να ελαχιστοποιηθούν οι επιπτώσεις των βλαπτικών  παραγόντων.
Η εργασία αποτελείται από πέντε κεφάλαια. Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο γίνεται αναφορά στη δραστηριότητα των λατομείων αδρανών υλικών τόσο στην Ελλάδα όσο και στην Ευρώπη και σε στατιστικές έρευνες για τους κινδύνους στα λατομεία και τους βλαπτικούς παράγοντες που παρατηρούμε σε αυτά. Στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο γίνεται η αναλυτική περιγραφή των βλαπτικών παραγόντων που μελετήθηκαν, της σκόνης, του θορύβου και των δονήσεων, οι οποίοι είναι από τους πιο επιβλαβείς για τον εργαζόμενο. Έγινε ιδιαίτερη αναφορά στις μεθόδους μέτρησης και αξιολόγησής αλλά και τα για τους τρόπους αντιμετώπισής των επιπτώσεων στους εργαζόμενους. Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο περιγράφεται ο χώρος που πραγματοποιήθηκαν οι μετρήσεις των βλαπτικών παραγόντων (λατομείο ΛΑΧΟΡ Α.Ε.). Στο τέταρτο κεφάλαιο γίνεται παρουσίαση και επεξεργασία των αποτελεσμάτων των μετρήσεων, η σύγκριση με την υπάρχουσα νομοθεσία και παρατίθενται τα μέτρα που πρέπει να ληφθούν. Τέλος στο πέμπτο κεφάλαιο αναφέρονται τα συμπεράσματα της διπλωματικής εργασίας και οι προτάσεις για περαιτέρω έρευνα.
The Origin of the Mass--Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star-Forming Galaxies in the SDSS
Creators: name: Tremonti, C. A.
name: Heckman, T. M.
name: Kauffmann, G.
name: Brinchmann, J.
name: Charlot, S.
name: White, S. D. M.
name: Seibert, M.
name: Peng, E. W.
name: Schlegel, D. J.
name: Uomoto, A.
name: Fukugita, M.
name: Brinkmann, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We utilize Sloan Digital Sky Survey imaging and spectroscopy of ~53,000 star-forming galaxies at z~0.1 to study the relation between stellar mass and gas-phase metallicity. We derive gas-phase oxygen abundances and stellar masses using new techniques which make use of the latest stellar evolutionary synthesis and photoionization models. We find a tight (+/-0.1 dex) correlation between stellar mass and metallicity spanning over 3 orders of magnitude in stellar mass and a factor of 10 in metallicity. The relation is relatively steep from 10^{8.5} - 10^{10.5} M_sun, in good accord with known trends between luminosity and metallicity, but flattens above 10^{10.5} M_sun. We use indirect estimates of the gas mass based on the H-alpha luminosity to compare our data to predictions from simple closed box chemical evolution models. We show that metal loss is strongly anti-correlated with baryonic mass, with low mass dwarf galaxies being 5 times more metal-depleted than L* galaxies at z~0.1. Evidence for metal depletion is not confined to dwarf galaxies, but is found in galaxies with masses as high as 10^{10} M_sun. We interpret this as strong evidence both of the ubiquity of galactic winds and of their effectiveness in removing metals from galaxy potential wells.
description: ApJ accepted, 15 pages, 9 figures, emulateapj.sty
Bembidion (Zeplataphus) granuliferum Lindroth 1976
Creators: name: Larochelle, André
name: Zeperyphodes
name: Broun
name: Larivière, Marie-Claude
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Bembidion
Bembidion granuliferum

description: Bembidion (Zeplataphus) granuliferum Lindroth, 1976
Fig. 13, 48, 84
 Bembidion (Zeplataphus) granuliferum Lindroth, 1976: 175. Type locality: Motueka River, NN.
 Description. Body length 5.2–6.8 mm. Black; antennae and legs piceous (antennal segment 1 rufous, at least underneath). Microsculpture of elytra very strong, regularly isodiametric in male, more or less granulate in female. Dull (shiny, other Zeplataphus species), with slight metallic lustre (green, blue, aeneous). Thorax. Pronotum moderately convex; thin raised lateral bead complete, well developed near posterolateral angles; sides moderately rounded anteriorly, moderately sinuate posteriorly; posterolateral angles rectangular, rounded at tip; laterobasal foveae moderately deep, oblong, short, not reaching basal margin. Elytra. Subdepressed, elongate. Scutellar striole consisting of a row of punctures. Striae complete, shallow, finely punctate; stria 7 strong, finely punctate. Intervals depressed; interval 3 with four or five discal setiferous punctures. Apical striole deep, connected to stria 5. Sutural apices rounded. Abdomen. Last visible sternum (sternum VII) of female with numerous short setae in addition to four long ambulatory setae. Aedeagus. Lateral view (Fig. 48): moderately arcuate; base slightly convex dorsally; middle strongly convex dorsally with a slight concavity towards its apex, rather straight ventrally; apex subtriangular, rather straight dorsally, slightly concave ventrally, with extreme tip narrow and long.
 Material examined. 369 specimens (CMNH, JNNZ, LUNZ, MONZ, NZAC).
 Geographic distribution (Fig. 84). North Island: BP, GB, HB, RI, WA, WI, WN. South Island: BR, DN, KA, MB, MC, MK, NC, NN, SC, WD.
 Ecology. Lowland. Epigean. Banks and beds of big rivers (often near their mouths), close to the water. Open ground; wet, gravelly, bare soil. Nocturnal; hides during the day deep under stones and among gravel. Gregarious.
 Biology. Seasonality: September–April, July. Tenerals: December–March. Occasionally infested with fungi (Laboulbeniales). Defence mechanism: when alarmed, the adult escapes by running.
 Dispersal power. Macropterous, probably capable of flight. Fast runner. Vagility likely favoured by flight capacity.
 Collecting techniques. Turning stones; raking the soil.
 Reference. Larochelle and Larivière 2001: 84 (catalogue; biology, dispersal power, ecology, geographic distribution, references)
description: Published as part of Larochelle, André, Zeperyphodes, Broun & Larivière, Marie-Claude, 2015, Synopsis of the genus Bembidion Latreille in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini), pp. 1-78 in Insecta Mundi 2015 (415) on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5181756
Market orientation and firm performance across value disciplines in the Illinois beef sector
Creators: name: Micheels, Eric T.
name: Gow, Hamish R.
name: Micheels, Eric T.
name: Gow, Hamish R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Firm performance
subject: market orientation
subject: value chain
subject: value discipline clarity

description: Previous research studies have suggested market oriented firms achieve superior performance relative to their peers (Narver and Slater, 1990). Furthermore, researchers have suggested that firms that can clearly define their value discipline will also benefit. Recent studies have shown that highly market oriented and innovative firms are able to define more clearly their chosen value discipline. This study extends that research by examining firm performance across value disciplines. Using a sample of Illinois beef producers, we find that levels of market orientation and performance are not equal across value disciplines. Our results show the level of market orientation is lowest for firms with an operational excellence value discipline and highest for a customer intimacy/product leadership value discipline. Furthermore, our findings show that firms with high market orientation scores outperform firms with low market orientation scores regardless of degree of value discipline clarity.
Bembidion (Zeplataphus) townsendi Lindroth 1976
Creators: name: Larochelle, André
name: Zeperyphodes
name: Broun
name: Larivière, Marie-Claude
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Bembidion
Bembidion townsendi

description: Bembidion (Zeplataphus) townsendi Lindroth, 1976
Fig. 14, 102
 Bembidion (Zeplataphus) townsendi Lindroth, 1976: 176. Type locality: Limestone Creek, Teal Valley, near Nelson, NN.
 Description. Body length 3.8 mm. Black; antennae and legs rufous (antennal segments 3–11 and femora slightly infuscated). Microsculpture of elytra in female, very strong, regularly isodiametric. Very shiny, with slight metallic lustre (aeneous). Thorax. Pronotum moderately convex; thin raised lateral bead complete, well developed near posterolateral angles; sides moderately rounded anteriorly, slightly sinuate posteriorly; posterolateral angles rectangular, obtuse at tip; laterobasal foveae shallow, obsolete, not reaching basal margin. Elytra. Slightly convex, elongate. Scutellar striole consisting of a row of punctures. Striae 2–6 complete, deep, coarsely punctate; stria 7 strong, incomplete, coarsely punctate. Intervals slightly convex; interval 3 with three discal setiferous punctures. Apical striole deep, connected to stria 5. Sutural apices angulate. Abdomen. Last visible sternum (sternum VII) of female with numerous short setae in addition to four long ambulatory setae. Aedeagus. Male unknown.
 Material examined. 1 specimen (NZAC).
 Geographic distribution (Fig. 102). South Island: NN –Teal Valley, Limestone Creek.
 Ecology. Lowland. Habitat unknown; probably riparian.
 Biology. Seasonality: January.
 Dispersal power. Macropterous, probably capable of flight. Moderate runner. Vagility likely favoured by flight capacity.
 Reference. Larochelle and Larivière 2001: 85 (catalogue; biology, dispersal power, ecology, geographic distribution, references).
 Remarks. The authors have made abundant collections of Bembidion species in Teal Valley (NN) and neighbouring areas but could not secure new specimens of B. townsendi which is only known from the female holotype. In Teal Valley, Bembidion (Zemetallina) parviceps and B. (Zeplataphus) tairuense – a rather small species morphologically close to and belonging to the same subgenus as B. townsendi – were both abundant in the field. Two aberrant specimens of B. (Zemetallina) parviceps were found; they were small in size like B. townsendi and possessed the Zeplataphus character of the elytral interval 5 with two setiferous punctures. The authors suspect that the female holotype of B. townsendi may represent an aberrant form of B. parviceps or a hybrid specimen between B. parviceps and B. tairuense.
description: Published as part of Larochelle, André, Zeperyphodes, Broun & Larivière, Marie-Claude, 2015, Synopsis of the genus Bembidion Latreille in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini), pp. 1-78 in Insecta Mundi 2015 (415) on page 25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5181756
MOESM1 of Acute changes in the colonic microbiota are associated with large intestinal forms of surgical colic
Creators: name: Shebl Salem
name: Maddox, Thomas
name: Antczak, Philipp
name: Ketley, Julian
name: Williams, Nicola
name: Archer, Debra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Summary of demographics of (a) colic and (b) control horses included in the study.
Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Imaging Polarimetry of Herbig Ae/Be Stars
Creators: name: Perrin, Marshall D.
name: Graham, James R.
name: Kalas, Paul
name: Lloyd, James P.
name: Max, Claire E.
name: Gavel, Donald T.
name: Pennington, Deanna M.
name: Gates, Elinor L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have used laser guide star adaptive optics and a near-infrared dual-channel imaging polarimeter to observe light scattered in the circumstellar environment of Herbig Ae/Be stars on scales of 100-300 AU. We discover a strongly polarized, biconical nebula 10 arcseconds in diameter (6000 AU) around the star LkHa 198, and also observe a polarized jet-like feature associated with the deeply embedded source LkHa 198-IR. The star LkHa 233 presents a narrow, unpolarized dark lane consistent with an optically thick circumstellar disk blocking our direct view of the star. These data show that the lower-mass T Tauri and intermediate mass Herbig Ae/Be stars share a common evolutionary sequence.
description: To appear in Science, 27 February 2004 (4 pages, 2 figures + refs)
Additional file of A comparative genome-wide study of ncRNAs in trypanosomatids
Creators: name: Doniger, Tirza
name: Katz, Rodolfo
name: Wachtel, Chaim
name: Michaeli, Shulamit
name: Unger, Ron
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file of A comparative genome-wide study of ncRNAs in trypanosomatids
Brane to brane gravity mediation of supersymmetry breaking
Creators: name: Rattazzi, Riccardo
name: Scrucca, Claudio A.
name: Strumia, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend the results of Mirabelli and Peskin to supergravity. We study the compactification on S_1/Z_2 of Zucker's off-shell formulation of 5D supergravity and its coupling to matter at the fixed points. We clarify some issues related to the off-shell description of supersymmetry breaking a la Scherk-Schwarz (here employed only as a technical tool) discussing how to deal with singular gravitino wave functions. We then consider `visible' and `hidden' chiral superfields localized at the two different fixed points and communicating only through 5D supergravity. We compute the one-loop corrections that mix the two sectors and the radion superfield. Locality in 5D ensures the calculability of these effects, which transmit supersymmetry breaking from the hidden to the visible sector. In the minimal set-up visible-sector scalars get a universal squared mass m_0^2 < 0. In general (e.g. in presence of a sizable gravitational kinetic term localized on the hidden brane) the radion-mediated contribution to m_0^2 can be positive and dominant. Although we did not build a complete satisfactory model, brane-to-brane effects can cure the tachyonic sleptons predicted by anomaly mediation by adding a positive m_0^2 which is universal up to subleading flavour-breaking corrections.
description: 46 pages, 5 figures
Farm scale trials of variable rate irrigation to assess the benefits of modifying existing sprinkler systems for precision application
Creators: name: Hedley, Carolyn
name: Bradbury, Stu
name: Watson, Eric
name: Dalrymple, Hew
name: Wright, John
name: Hedley, Carolyn
name: Bradbury, Stu
name: Watson, Eric
name: Dalrymple, Hew
name: Wright, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: variable rate
subject: precision irrigation
subject: soil water

description: Farm-scale trials are being conducted to assess the benefits of variable rate irrigation (VRI). Three farms have been selected where existing sprinkler irrigation systems have recently been modified to provide variable rate control of each individual sprinkler. Irrigation is being varied according to soil and crop differences, and is also being shut off over exclusion zones, such as drains and raceways, and for farm operations such as pasture renovation. Under each VRI irrigator, soil variability has been quantitatively assessed using a mobile soil mapping system, which consists of an electromagnetic (EM) sensor pulled behind an all-terrain vehicle, with an on-board accurate RTK-GPS, datalogger and field computer. The EM sensor measures soil apparent electrical conductivity (EC), and the resulting soil EC maps were ground-truthed and used to define irrigation management zones. Soil moisture sensors have been installed into each zone to monitor real-time soil moisture status. This information is then used for variable rate irrigation scheduling. Trial plots have been established in each zone at each site to compare a blanket uniform rate of irrigation to all zones with variable rates of irrigation fine-tuned to zone differences. A goal of this research is to assess irrigation water use efficiency of a VRI system, as well as to develop a precision irrigation system with capability for full automation.
Two-Nucleon Momentum Distributions Measured in 3He(e,e'pp)n
Creators: name: CLAS Collaboration
name: Niyazov, R. A.
name: Weinstein, L. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have measured the 3He(e,e'pp)n reaction at 2.2 GeV over a wide kinematic range. The kinetic energy distribution for `fast' nucleons (p > 250 MeV/c) peaks where two nucleons each have 20% or less, and the third nucleon has most of the transferred energy. These fast pp and pn pairs are back-to-back with little momentum along the three-momentum transfer, indicating that they are spectators. Experimental and theoretical evidence indicates that we have measured distorted two-nucleon momentum distributions by striking the third nucleon and detecting the spectator correlated pair.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, submitted to PRL
[SU(3)XSU(2)XU(1)]^2 and Strong Unification
Creators: name: Liu, Chun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A supersymmetric model with gauge symmetry G_1 X G_2, where G_i=SU(3)_i X SU(2)_i X U(1)_i, is constructed within the framework of gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking. At the energy scale (10-100) TeV where the gauge symmetry breaks down to the Standard Model (SM), G_1 is strong and G_2 is weak. The observed gauge coupling constant unification of the SM is attributed to that of G_2. The messenger fields and Higgs fields just satisfy the condition that makes G_2 a realization of strong unification. The SM gauginos are predicted to be generally heavier than the sleptons and squarks.
description: 9 pages, no figure, revTex
Do Improved Groundnut Seeds Make African Farmers More Food Secure? Evidence From Uganda
Creators: name: Murray, Anthony G
name: Mills, Bradford F
name: Murray, Anthony G
name: Mills, Bradford F
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: Food Security
subject: Technological Adoption
subject: Uganda

description: Groundnuts are an important crop for Ugandan smallholders since they are high in protein, resupply nutrients to the soil, and are a storable source of wealth once dried. Adoption of improved, virus-resistant seed should have a positive impact on household food security, as yields are expected to increase leading to more food for either sale or consumption. This paper considers the effect of improved groundnut seed on smallholder food security in Eastern Uganda, with emphasis on the high adopting Teso sub-region using a household data set collected in 2011. Model results indicate that adopters significantly increase household food security as measured by the World Food Programme food consumption score index in the Teso sub-region, where the scores of adopters increase by nearly 18 points (6.5 percent)—the equivalent to consuming pulses six days. But food security does not increase in other regions of Eastern Uganda where aggregate rates of adoption are lower. Differences in impact on food security between regions of high and low adoption suggest careful consideration of current conditions in policy responses to improve household well-being.
Composite Fermions as Deformed Oscillators: Wavefunctions and Entanglement
Creators: name: Gavrilik, A. M.
name: Mishchenko, Yu. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Composite structure of particles somewhat modifies their statistics, compared to the pure Bose- or Fermi-ones. The spin-statistics theorem, so, is not valid anymore. Say, $π$-mesons, excitons, Cooper pairs are not ideal bosons, and, likewise, baryons are not pure fermions. In our preceding papers, we studied bipartite composite boson (i.e. quasiboson) systems via a realization by deformed oscillators. Therein, the interconstituent entanglement characteristics such as entanglement entropy and purity were found in terms of the parameter of deformation. Herein, we perform an analogous study of composite Fermi-type particles, and explore them in two major cases: (i) "boson + fermion" composite fermions (or cofermions, or CFs); (ii) "deformed boson + fermion" CFs. As we show, cofermions in both cases admit only the realization by ordinary fermions. Case (i) is solved explicitly, and admissible wavefunctions are found along with entanglement measures. Case (ii) is treated within few modes both for CFs and constituents. The entanglement entropy and purity of CFs are obtained via the relevant parameters and illustrated graphically.
description: 9 pages,4 figures, based on the results presented at the XI Bolyai--Gauss--Lobachevskii (BGL-2019) Conference: Non--Euclidean, Noncommutative Geometry and Quantum Physics
MOESM2 of Intersectionality-based quantitative health research and sex/gender sensitivity: a scoping review
Creators: name: Mena, Emily
name: Bolte, Gabriele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Flow chart of all identified studies on title/abstract level (title, description)
Phase-stable self-modulation of an electron-beam in a magnetic wiggler
Creators: name: MacArthur, James P.
name: Duris, Joseph
name: Zhang, Zhen
name: Lutman, Alberto
name: Zholents, Alexander
name: Xu, Xinlu
name: Huang, Zhirong
name: Marinelli, Agostino
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electron-beams with a sinusoidal energy modulation have the potential to emit sub-femtosecond x-ray pulses in a free-electron laser. The energy modulation can be generated by overlapping a powerful infrared laser with an electron-beam in a magnetic wiggler. Here we report on a new infrared source for this modulation, coherent radiation from the electron-beam itself. In this self-modulation process, the current spike on the tail of the electron-beam radiates coherently at the resonant wavelength of the wiggler, producing a six-period carrier-envelope-phase (CEP) stable infrared field with gigawatt power. This field creates a few MeV, phase-stable modulation in the electron-beam core. The modulated electron-beam is immediately useful for generating sub-femtosecond x-ray pulses at any machine repetition rate, and the CEP-stable infrared field may find application as an experimental pump or timing diagnostic.
Searching for Clusters with SUMSS
Creators: name: Buttery, H. J.
name: Cotter, G.
name: Hunstead, R. W.
name: Sadler, E. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Statistical overdensities of radiosources in the Sydney University Molonglo Sky Survey (SUMSS) are used as signposts to identify high-redshift clusters of galaxies. These potential clusters have been observed at 20 and 13 cm at the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to obtain better positional accuracy for the sources. A subsample have been imaged in V, R and I at the 2.3-m telescope at Siding Spring and in J and K at the Anglo Australian Telescope (AAT) and the New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla, Chile. The colours obtained from these observations will be used to estimate redshifts for the potential cluster members.
description: LaTeX, 5 pages, 4 figures Elsevier Science format. To appear in "Radio galaxies: past, present & future". eds. M. Jarvis et al., Leiden, Nov 2002
Negative-ion surface production in hydrogen plasmas: Determination of the negative-ion energy and angle distribution function using mass spectrometry
Creators: name: Dubois, J.
name: Achkasov, K.
name: Kogut, D.
name: Ahmad, A.
name: Layet, J.
name: Simonin, A.
name: Cartry, Gilles
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This work focuses on the understanding of the production mechanism of negative-ions on surface in low pressure plasmas of H2/D2. The negative ions are produced on a HOPG sample (Highly Oriented Pyrolitic Graphite) negatively biased with respect to plasma potential. The negative ions created under the positive ion bombardment are accelerated towards the plasma, self-extracted and detected according to their energy and mass by a mass spectrometer placed in front of the sample. The shape of the measured Negative-Ion Energy Distribution Function (NIEDF) strongly differs from the NIEDF of the ions emitted by the sample because of the limited acceptance angle of the mass spectrometer. To get information on the production mechanisms, we propose a method to obtain the distribution functions in energy and angle (NIEADFs) of the negative-ions emitted by the sample. It is based on an a priori determination of the NIEADF and on an a posteriori validation of the choice by comparison of the modelled and experimental NIEDFs.
Industrial Organisation of the Chinese Food Economy
Creators: name: Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z.
name: Locke, Christopher G.
name: Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z.
name: Locke, Christopher G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: China
subject: food economy
subject: socialism
subject: capitalism

description: The controversy on the convergence of socialism and capitalism has recently been focused on China. In this paper, an industrial organisation framework is used to portray the key features of "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics." The structure of supply and demand and the process of price formation is analysed to explicate the ramifications of the Chinese reform process, and the changing patterns of both government intervention and market forces in the Chinese food economy. An examination of this fusion reveals a number of implications for the world food economy and international socialism.
Estimating the Wholesale Demand for Food in Beijing
Creators: name: Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z.
name: Stanmore, Roland G.
name: Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z.
name: Stanmore, Roland G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1996
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: With the removal of significant government intervention, the changing structure of the Chinese food markets has led to the evolution of different types of markets, and particularly the growth of wholesale markets. This paper analyses food consumption patterns for the largest wholesale food market in Beijing. An AIDS model is applied to monthly data for the period 1991 to 1994 to estimate expenditure and price elasticities for vegetables, grains, fruit, meat and aquatic products. The magnitude and direction of these elasticities are then examined to explore the policy implications of the analyses.
Enhanced Optical Emission During Crab Giant Radio Pulses
Creators: name: Shearer, A.
name: Stappers, B.
name: Connor, P. O'
name: Strom, A. Golden R.
name: Redfern, M.
name: Ryan, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We detected a correlation between optical and giant radio pulse emission from the Crab pulsar. Optical pulses coincident with the giant radio pulses were on average 3% brighter than those coincident with normal radio pulses. Combined with the lack of any other pulse profile changes, this result indicates that both the giant radio pulses and the increased optical emission are linked to an increase in the electron-positron plasma density.
description: 11 Pages
Consumer Meat Safety Concerns: Impacts of Beef E. coli O157: H7 Recalls on Meat Consumption
Creators: name: Shang, Xia
name: Tonsor, Glynn
name: Shang, Xia
name: Tonsor, Glynn
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: FSIS recalls
subject: U.S. meat demand
subject: Beef E. coli O157:H7
subject: Rotterdam model
subject: LA/AIDS.

description: This study uses national, quarterly data to investigate U.S. meat demand using both the Rotterdam model and LA/AIDS model. We examine the effect of FSIS recalls especially beef E. coli O157: H7 recalls information on the consumption of meat. The estimated results indicate that beef E. coli O157: H7 recalls information has negative and significant impacts on the demand of beef, pork, and poultry. We also compare the results of the two demand models and discuss the model selection.
The Landau Distribution for Charged Particles Traversing Thin Films
Creators: name: Marucho, Marcelo D.
name: Canal, C. A. Garcia
name: Fanchiotti, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Landau distribution as well as its first and second momenta are well suited for describing the energy loss of charged particles traversing a thin layer of matter. At present, just rational approximations and asymptotic expressions for these functions were obtained. In this paper we present a direct calculation of the integral representation of these functions obtaining perturbative and nonperturvative solutions expressed in terms of fast convergent series. We also provide a simple numerical algorithm which allows to control speed and precision of the results. The testing runs have provided, in reasonable computing times, correct results up to 13-14 significant digits on the density and distribution functions and 9-10 on the first and second momenta. If necessary, this accuracy could be improved by adding more coefficients to the algorithm.
description: 29 pages, 4 Tables
Effects of U.S. Public Agricultural R&D on U.S. Obesity and its Social Costs
Creators: name: Alston, Julian M.
name: Okrent, Abigail M.
name: Parks, Joanna
name: Alston, Julian M.
name: Okrent, Abigail M.
name: Parks, Joanna
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: obesity
subject: agricultural R&D
subject: social welfare
subject: calories

description: How much has food abundance, attributable to U.S. public agricultural R&D, contributed to the high and rising U.S. obesity rates? In this paper we investigate the effects of public investment in agricultural R&D on food prices, per capita calorie consumption, adult body weight, obesity, public health-care expenditures related to obesity, and social welfare. First we use an econometric model to estimate the average effect of an incremental investment in agricultural R&D on the farm prices of ten categories of farm commodities. Next, we use the econometric results in a simulation model to estimate the implied changes in prices and quantities consumed of nine categories of food for given changes in research expenditures. Finally, we estimate the corresponding changes in social welfare, including both the traditional measures of changes in economic surplus in markets for food and farm commodities, and changes in public health-care expenditures associated with the predicted changes in food consumption and hence obesity. We find that a 10 percent increase in the stream of annual U.S. public investment in agricultural R&D in the latter half of the 20th century would have caused a very modest increase in average daily calorie consumption of American adults, resulting in very small increases in social costs of obesity. On the other hand, such an increase in spending would have generated very substantial net national benefits given the very large benefit-cost ratios for agricultural R&D.
MOESM1 of Intersectionality-based quantitative health research and sex/gender sensitivity: a scoping review
Creators: name: Mena, Emily
name: Bolte, Gabriele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Assignment of explanations for sex/gender differences to respective central theoretical sex/gender concepts (diabetes, smoking and physical activity) (title, description)
Factors that Influence the Frequency and Quantity of Tobacco Use Among U.S. Youth
Creators: name: Wu, Xuedong
name: Colson, Gregory
name: Shonkwiler, J. Scott
name: Wu, Xuedong
name: Colson, Gregory
name: Shonkwiler, J. Scott
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: National Youth Tobacco Survey
subject: Smoking frequency
subject: Smoking quantity
subject: Bivariate ordered probit model
subject: Conditional probability

description: Despite declines in US smoking rates tobacco remains among the leading causes of preventable deaths in the US and is directly linked to chronic and mortal diseases including cancers and heart disease. With a focus on youth smoking behaviors, this paper considers contributory influences for two related, but distinct, measures of youth tobacco addiction - the frequency and quantity of cigarettes consumed per month. Using the 2011 National Youth Tobacco Survey a bivariate ordered probit model is estimated along with associated conditional probabilities controlling for both youth-specific factors and peer group influences. Results indicate strict controls on tobacco access, parental involvement, and school initiatives can significantly reduce the frequency and quantity of smoking by adolescents and decrease the probability of youth becoming heavier smokers.
Large Star/Rose Extra Dimension with Small Leaves/Petals
Creators: name: Nortier, Florian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we propose to compactify a single large extra dimension (LED) on a star/rose graph with a large number of identical leaves/petals. The 5D Planck scale can be chosen to be $Λ_P^{(5)} \sim \mathcal{O}(1)$ TeV which can provide a path to solve the gauge hierarchy problem. The leaf/petal length scale is of $\mathcal{O}(1/Λ_{EW})$, where $Λ_{EW} \sim 100$ GeV is the weak scale, without the large geometrical hierarchy of the traditional LED models to stabilize. The 4D fields of the SM are localized on a 3-brane at the central vertex of the star/rose graph. We predict a tower of feebly coupled weak scale Kaluza-Klein (KK) gravitons below a regime of strongly coupled gravitational phenomena above the TeV scale. Moreover, we reformulate in our setup the LED mechanism to generate light Dirac neutrinos, where the right-handed neutrinos are KK-modes of gauge singlet fermions propagating in the bulk. A large number of KK-gravitons and KK-neutrinos interact only gravitationally, and thus constitute a hidden sector.
description: 45 pages (excluding bibliography). v5: Minor corrections compared to the journal (IJMPA) version