cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: How can franchisors overcome the perceived shortage of suitable franchisees?
Creators: name: Bennett, Stephen John Peter Valentine
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Franchise
subject: Franchisor
subject: Franchisee

description: The social and economic contribution of franchising to many Western economies is widely reported (Alon, 2004). Franchising is a business model in which a franchisee is granted the right to engage in offering, selling, or distributing goods or services under a marketing system that has been designed by the franchisor (Justis and Judd, 2004). The franchisor permits the franchisee to use the franchisor’s trade name and advertising (Mendelsohn, 2004). The Australian franchising sector has achieved consistent growth since the 1980s, with franchising activity currently contributing approximately (12 percent) of the country’s gross domestic product (Frazer et al., 2008). However, research has revealed that franchising systems may be unable to expand at the rate they desire owing to difficulties in obtaining franchisee finance and a shortage of suitable franchisee applicants (Price Waterhouse Coopers, 2009; Frazer et al., 2008). There are currently 56,200 business format franchised units operating in Australia (Frazer et al., 2008), accounting for approximately (5 percent) of all small business in Australia (ABS, 2009). Though this appears to suggest that franchising has the potential to expand, prior research has shown that the lack of available suitable franchisee candidates may constrain system growth and sector expansion (Frazer et al., 2008). Previous research shows that this is not a recent phenomenon (Knight, 1986; McGuire, 1971) and may be reliant upon how franchisors classify attributes that are desirable in potential incumbent franchisees (Frazer and McCosker, 1999; Hedricks and Kiefer, 2005; Michael, 2003). However, there appears to be a gap in our current understanding of how these impediments to franchise growth may be overcome. In addition to acquiring valuable insights into current recruitment practice, the primary purpose of this research is to sustain informed decision-making in the future through a study of the fundamental and under-researched question of how franchisors may overcome the shortage of suitable franchisees. On this basis, a thorough enquiry into possible solutions to the problem associated with a shortage of suitable franchisees is warranted. Hence, the following research questions are posed. Research question 1: “What are desirable franchisee attributes?” Research question 2: “How can franchisors overcome the perceived shortage of suitable franchisees”? This research focuses on theory development by integrating known concepts with new research and emerging marketing techniques that may be applied to this problem.
Eulophia attenuata
Creators: name: Chase, Mark W.
name: Schuiteman, André
name: Kumar, Pankaj
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Eulophia
Eulophia attenuata

description: Eulophia attenuata (Griff.), M.W.Chase, Kumar & Schuit., comb. nov.
 Basionym: Geodorum attenuatum Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 358 (1845).
 Heterotypic synonyms: Geodorum pulchellum Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 50: 138 (1908). Geodorum cochinchinense Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 4: 711 (1932).
description: Published as part of Chase, Mark W., Schuiteman, André & Kumar, Pankaj, 2021, Expansion of the orchid genus Eulophia (Eulophiinae; Epidendroideae) to include Acrolophia, Cymbidiella, Eulophiella, Geodorum, Oeceoclades and Paralophia, pp. 47-56 in Phytotaxa 491 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.491.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/5753985
Decreased symptom burden following surgery due to support from an interactive app for symptom management for patients with pancreatic and periampullary cancer
Creators: name: Gustavell, Tina
name: Sundberg, Kay
name: Segersvärd, Ralf
name: Wengström, Yvonne
name: Langius-Eklöf, Ann
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Background: Patients with pancreatic and periampullary cancer have poor prognoses, experience multiple symptoms following surgery and sometimes lack knowledge of self-care activities. Consequently, it is vital to develop systems that support self-management, improvement of health-related quality of life and reduction of symptoms. Therefore, the aim was to evaluate the impact on health-related quality of life and self-care activity when using the Interaktor app following pancreaticoduodenectomy due to cancer. Material and Methods: Patients in the intervention group used Interaktor up to six months after surgery. They reported symptoms daily at home and received support for self-management by continuous access to written self-care advice and to their healthcare professionals. Descriptive data from the app were collected. Health-related quality of life and self-care activity were collected before surgery, and six weeks and six months after surgery. Comparisons between the intervention group (n = 26) and a historical control group (n = 33) were made. Decline/dropout rate was 37% in the intervention group and 10% in the control group. Results: Six weeks after surgery the intervention group rated significantly higher emotional functioning and less nausea/vomiting, pain, appetite loss, constipation, pancreatic pain, flatulence and worry about low weight. Twenty-five subscales/items showed non-statistical differences. Six months after surgery the intervention group rated significantly fewer hepatic symptoms, less worry about low weight, and higher self-care activity level. Thirty subscales/items showed non-statistical differences. The first four weeks, patients reported symptoms in a median 95% of the intended days, and for the rest of the period in median 83%. Conclusion: The use of an app for management of patient-reported outcomes reduces symptom burdens six weeks after pancreaticoduodenectomy due to cancer. Interaktor is well accepted for patients choosing to participate and appears to facilitate supportive care needs and timely symptom management for this patient group. Future studies should also include cost-benefits and objective measures.
Phytomyza ranunculi
Creators: name: Černý, Miloš
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Phytomyza
Phytomyza ranunculi

description: Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank, 1803)
 Material examined. Kerkini Village, Timber Yard Site [12], 1 J, 23.–29.v.2007; Lithotopos Village, Ecotourism Site [13], 1 ♀, 30.v.–5.vi.2006; Megalohori Village, Megal March [16], 1 ♀, 27.x.2008; Neo Petritsi Village, Helicopter site [19], 1 ♀, 9.–15.vi.2008; Neo Petritsi Village, Sultanitsa Site [26], 5 JJ, 28.iv.–4.v.2008, 1 J 2 ♀♀, 5.–11.v.2008, 3JJ, 12.–18.v.2008, 5JJ 6♀♀, 19.–25.v.2008, 7JJ 6♀♀, 25.v.–1.vi.2008, 1J 2♀♀, 2.–8.vi.2008, 1 J, 9.–15.vi.2008, 2 JJ 1 ♀, 16.–22.vi.2008, 3 JJ 9 ♀♀, 30.vi.–6.vii.2008, 2 JJ 1 ♀, 7.–13.vii.2008, 5 JJ 6 ♀♀, 14.–21.vii.2008, 2 ♀♀, 21.–27.vii.2008, 2 JJ 1 ♀, 1.–7.ix.2008; Vironia Village, Beabies Site [34], 1 J, 16.–22.vi.2008; Vironia Village, Ramna Site [38], 1 ♀, 31.iii.–6.iv.2008, 1 J, 7.–13.iv.2007, 1 J, 30.iv.–4.v.2008.
description: Published as part of Černý, Miloš, 2011, Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the vicinity of the Kerkini Lake with descriptions of eight new species from Greece, pp. 299-347 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1) on page 344, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327820
Optimizations of Isogeny-based Key Exchange
Creators: name: Reichert, Paul
Publisher: name: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Year: 2020
Subjects: isogeny
post-quantum
optimization

description: Supersingular Isogeny Diffie-Hellman (SIDH) is a key exchange scheme that is believed to be quantum-resistant. It is based on the difficulty of finding a certain isogeny between given elliptic curves. Over the last nine years, optimizations have been proposed that significantly increased the performance of its implementations. Today, SIDH is a promising candidate in the US National Institute for Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) post-quantum cryptography standardization process. This work is a self-contained introduction to the active research on SIDH from a high-level, algorithmic lens. After an introduction to elliptic curves and SIDH itself, we describe the mathematical and algorithmic building blocks of the fastest known implementations. Regarding elliptic curves, we describe which algorithms, data structures and trade-offs regard- ing elliptic curve arithmetic and isogeny computations exist and quantify their runtime cost in field operations. These findings are then tailored to the situation of SIDH. As a result, we give efficient algorithms for the performance-critical parts of the protocol.
Δελτίο ελληνικής φιλοσοφικής βιβλιογραφίας
Creators: name: Πέτσιος, Κώστας
Publisher: name: Ελληνική Φιλοσοφική Επιθεώρηση
Year: 2012
Subjects: philosophy

description: Ελληνική Φιλοσοφική Επιθεώρηση, Vol 8, No 22 (1991)
Absolute dimensions of the M-type eclipsing binary YY Geminorum (Castor C): a challenge to evolutionary models in the lower main-sequence
Creators: name: Torres, Guillermo
name: Ribas, Ignasi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new spectroscopic observations of the detached late-type double-lined eclipsing binary YY Gem, a member of the Castor sextuple system and one of the benchmarks for the comparison between observations and stellar evolution theory in the lower main-sequence. In addition, we have re-analyzed existing light curves in several passbands using modern techniques that account for the conspicuous presence of spots. This, combined with the spectroscopy, has yielded a very precise determination of the absolute dimensions of the components, which are virtually identical to each other. We obtain mean values of M=0.5992+/-0.0047 Mo, R=0.6191+/-0.0057 Ro, and Teff=3820+/-100 K. Both the mass and the radius determinations are good to better than 1%. A re-analysis of the Hipparcos transit data for Castor AB has yielded an improved parallax for the system of 66.90+/-0.63 mas. With this, we have estimated the age (~370 Myr) and metal abundance ([Fe/H]~0.0) of YY Gem from isochrone fits to Castor A and B. We have compared the observations of YY Gem with a large number of recent theoretical calculations, and we show that all models underestimate the radius by up to 20%, and most overestimate the effective temperature by 150 K or more. Both of these trends are confirmed by observations of another similar system in the Hyades cluster (V818 Tau). Consequently, theoretical ages for relatively low-mass objects such as T Tauri stars derived from the H-R diagram may be considerably biased. If the radius is used directly as a measure of evolution, ages could be underestimated by as much as a factor of 10 in this mass regime. In view of these discrepancies, absolute ages from essentially all current models for the lower main sequence must be viewed with at least some measure of skepticism. (abridged)
description: 35 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Pseudonapomyza atra
Creators: name: Černý, Miloš
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Pseudonapomyza
Pseudonapomyza atra

description: Pseudonapomyza atra (Meigen, 1830)
 Material examined. Kerkini Village, Krousia Mts. Site [9], 1 J, 31.iii.–6.iv.2008, 1 J, 30.v.–5.vi.2007, 1 J, 20.–26.vii.2007, 2 JJ 1♀, 5.–11.ix.2007; Lithotopos Village, Ecotourism Site [13], 1♀, 6.–12.vi.2006; Lithotopos Village, Kerkini Lake [14], 2 ♀♀, 25.iv.–1.v.2005, 1 ♀, 9.–15.v.2005, 1 J 1 ♀, 16.–22.v.2005, 1 ♀, 13.–19.vi.2005; Neo Petritsi Village, Midway Site [22], 1 ♀, 26.v.–1.vi.2008, 1 J, 9.–15.vi.2008.
description: Published as part of Černý, Miloš, 2011, Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the vicinity of the Kerkini Lake with descriptions of eight new species from Greece, pp. 299-347 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1) on page 344, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327820
Βιβλία που έλαβε η Ελληνική Φιλοσοφική Επιθεώρηση
Creators: name: -, -
Publisher: name: Ελληνική Φιλοσοφική Επιθεώρηση
Year: 2012
Subjects: philosophy

description: Ελληνική Φιλοσοφική Επιθεώρηση, Vol 8, No 22 (1991)
Age-Dating Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies Along the Merger Sequence
Creators: name: Murphy, T. W.
name: Soifer, B. T.
name: Matthews, K.
name: Armus, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Imaging spectroscopy using the new Palomar Integral Field Spectrograph is presented for the Pa-alpha line in four ultraluminous infrared galaxies. In most cases, we are able to establish the geometry of the merger, and thus estimate the time in the merger process at which we are viewing the system. The resulting range in estimated ages, some of which are very young encounters (~5x10^7 yr), is not predicted by merger models, which produce high rates of star formation either 1-2x10^8 years after the first encounter or very late (~10^9 yr) in the merger process. Even in the very young mergers, the ultraluminous activity appears to be centrally concentrated on the nucleus of one of the progenitor galaxies---namely the galaxy with a prograde orbital geometry. Very high star formation rates (2-5 M_sun/yr) are also observed in structures believed to be newly formed tidal tails. The presence of a significant population of very young ultraluminous mergers, together with the majority of ultraluminous infrared galaxies existing in the final stages of merger activity, indicates that the ultraluminous galaxy phase is at least bimodal in time. An evolutionary scenario is proposed for ultraluminous infrared galaxies, wherein the far-infrared luminosity may undergo multiple ultraluminous bursts during the course of the encounter. A substantial fraction of the merger lifetime may be spent in a phase identified with the less powerful luminous infrared galaxy class.
description: 27 pages, 21 figures, 5 in color, uses AASTeX 5.02 & emulateapj5.sty; To appear in the Astrophysical Journal
title: Sonic Boom Booms: Travel Through Sound
Creators: name: Nash, Travers Heath
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Sonic object
subject: Sound-generating technological object-hood
subject: Sound (Medium)

description: This PhD research project investigates the phenomenological affect of the sonic object. Through a multi-disciplinary body of work composed of installation, performance, and recorded sound work, I interrogate the vibratory transference of affect through the medium of sound. The research was conducted in various locations throughout the world, where I worked as an artistic nomad in residencies within the human defined borders of India, Nepal, China, Finland, Iceland, Spain, and Australia throughout my candidature. Through the manipulation of found objects, my installation work examined the visual and sonic aesthetics of the various geographical locations I was experiencing through my journey. The addition of hand built circuitry and electronic apparatus created sonic vibration to the apparent static objects; in turn generating affective synchronic resonances between the work and its audience. My performances attempted to extend the possibilities of creating meaningful connections between audience and sound-generating technological object-hood. I explored different roles of both the object and audience in this work, examining the possibilities of interaction and engagement. The methods of instigating participation from the audience were always enhanced by sonic vibration. My recorded sound works delved deeper in the physiological and psychological affect of pure sonic vibration. Throughout the research project, notions of value were constantly questioned, as I utilised discarded objects and selected sonic frequencies that moved beyond any systemised standardisation of taste, exploring sound for its affective qualities that encouraged deep listening to find the harmony among the noise.
Hieracium naegelianum Pancic 1875
Creators: name: Vukojičić, Snežana
name: Đurović, Sanja Z.
name: Lakušić, Dmitar
name: Kabaš, Eva
name: Lazarević, Predrag
name: Clementi, Moreno
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Asteraceae
Hieracium
Hieracium naegelianum

description: Hieracium naegelianum Pančić (1875: 57)
 Lectotype (designated by Szeląg in Szeląg 2016: 59):— MONTENEGRO. Mts Komovi: “In rupestribus schistaceis Mrdzanov do sub Monte Kom, Montenegro merid.”, August 1873, J. Pančić s.n. (ex herb R. Uechtritz, WRSL s.n.).
 Isolectotypes:—“ In rupestribus schistaceis Mrdzanov do sub Monte Kom, Montenegro merid.”, August 1873, J . Pančić s.n. (BEOU 11396!); “Mrdžanov do sub M. Kom (Bert.)”, August 1873, J . Pančić s.n. (BEOU 11407!); “ Mrdžanov do Kom ”, s.d., J . Pančić s.n. (BEOU 11501!).
description: Published as part of Vukojičić, Snežana, Đurović, Sanja Z., Lakušić, Dmitar, Kabaš, Eva, Lazarević, Predrag & Clementi, Moreno, 2021, Nomenclatural notes and typification of the names of plant taxa described by Josif Pančić from Montenegro, pp. 1-17 in Phytotaxa 490 (1) on page 7, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.490.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5754261
title: The Slow Component of O2 Uptake Kinetics : the Relationship Between Blood Lactate, pH and Motor Unit Recruitment.
Creators: name: Osborne, Mark
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Blood lactate.
subject: Exercise
subject: Motor unit recruitment
subject: Physiological mechanisms.

description: The primary aim of this thesis was to develop a better understanding of the physiological mechanisms that cause the slow rise in O2 uptake ([V.O2]) that occurs during heavy- and severe-intensity exercise. The slow rise in [V.O2] during heavy-intensity exercise is known as the slow component of O2 uptake kinetics. This thesis includes a series of three studies investigating the mechanisms underlying the elevated O2 cost observed during heavy-intensity constant-load cycling exercise. Eight recreational cyclists ([V.O2]peak: [55.6 plus or minus 1.3 ml per kg per minute]) participated in each of the three studies. Each study was designed to manipulate blood lactate concentration ([La-]) and/or blood pH, or type II motor unit recruitment to determine if a corresponding change would occur in the amplitude of the [V.O2] slow component. All studies used a similar research design with each trial involving 3 minutes of baseline cycling (25 W) prior to 8 minutes of heavy-intensity constant-load cycling at a power output equal to 50% of the difference between the power output achieved at the ventilatory threshold and peak aerobic power ([change of] 50% work rate). Surface electromyographic (EMG) activity from the vastus medialis and vastus lateralis was measured throughout each constant-load cycling trial. Integrated EMG activity was used as an index of total neural activity, while the mean power frequency of the EMG signal was used as an indication of motor unit recruitment pattern. Blood lactate, pH and bicarbonate concentrations were determined under resting conditions prior to the start of exercise, at the end of 3 minutes at 25 W, and after 1.5, 3, 4.5, 6 and 8 minutes of heavy-intensity constant-load exercise. O2 uptake, CO2 production ([V.CO2]), and minute ventilation ([V.E]) were measured breath-by-breath while heart rate was measured continually throughout each constant-load trial. [V.O2] kinetics were determined using a double-exponential model with independent time delays beyond the phase I component.
Additional file 1 of Dual Antibacterial Effect of In Situ Electrospun Curcumin Composite Nanofibers to Sterilize Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Creators: name: Liu, Chun-Li
name: Yang, Jun
name: Bai, Xiao-Han
name: Cao, Zhi-Kai
name: Yang, Chen
name: Ramakrishna, Seeram
name: Yang, Da-Peng
name: Zhang, Jun
name: Long, Yun-Ze
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. SEM image of nanofibers obtained by traditional electrospinning device. Figure S2. A light, small in size and portable electrospinning device powered by battery is developed for outdoor use (160 g in total weight), and its structure diagram. Figure S3. Schematic illustration of energy transfer and pathway from NaYF4:Yb/Tm@NaYF4:Nd shell to NaYF4:Yb/Tm core under 808-nm laser excitation. Figure S4. Structural formula of curcumin, oleic acid, and PEI. Figure S5. Tensile test of curcumin composite nanofibers prepared by different method.
Pseudonapomyza vota Spencer 1973
Creators: name: Černý, Miloš
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Pseudonapomyza
Pseudonapomyza vota

description: Pseudonapomyza vota Spencer, 1973
 Material examined. Kerkini Village, Krousia Mts. Site [9], 1 J, 11.–17.vii.2007.
description: Published as part of Černý, Miloš, 2011, Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the vicinity of the Kerkini Lake with descriptions of eight new species from Greece, pp. 299-347 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1) on page 345, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327820
Pair-production multiplicities in rotation-powered pulsars
Creators: name: Hibschman, J. A.
name: Arons, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the creation of electron-positron cascades in the context of pulsar polar cap acceleration models and derive several useful analytic and semi-analytic results for the spatial extent and energy response of the cascade. Instead of Monte Carlo simulations, we use an integro- differential equation which describes the development of the cascade energy spectrum in one space dimension quite well, when it is compared to existing Monte Carlo models. We reduce this full equation to a single integral equation, from which we can derive useful results, such as the energy loss between successive generations of photons and the spectral index of the response. We find that a simple analytic formula represents the pair cascade multiplicity quite well, provided that the magnetic field is below 10^12 Gauss, and that an only slightly more complex formula matches the numerically-calculated cascade at all other field strengths. Using these results, we find that cascades triggered by gamma rays emitted through inverse Compton scattering of thermal photons from the neutron star's surface, both resonant and non-resonant, are important for the dynamics of the polar cap region in many pulsars.
description: to appear in ApJ; 19 pages, 18 figures
Accuracy Assessment of Perturbative Master Equations -- Embracing Non-Positivity
Creators: name: Hartmann, Richard
name: Strunz, Walter T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The reduced dynamics of an open quantum system obtained from an underlying microscopic Hamiltonian can in general only approximately be described by a time local master equation. The quality of that approximation depends primarily on the coupling strength and the structure of the environment. Various such master equations have been proposed with different aims. Choosing the most suitable one for a specific system is not straight forward. By focusing on the accuracy of the reduced dynamics we provide a thorough assessment for a selection of methods (Redfield Equation, Quantum Optical Master Equation, Coarse-Grained Master Equation, a related dynamical map approach and a partial-secular approximation). Whether or not an approach guarantees positivity we consider secondary, here. We use two qubits coupled to a Lorentzian environment in a spin-boson like fashion modeling a generic situation with various system and bath time scales. We see that, independent of the initial state, the simple Redfield Equation with time dependent coefficients is significantly more accurate than all other methods under consideration. We emphasize that positivity violation in the Redfield formalism becomes relevant only in a regime where any of the perturbative master equations considered here are rendered invalid anyway. This implies that the loss of positivity should in fact be welcomed as an important feature: it indicates the breakdown of the weak coupling assumption. In addition we present the various approaches in a self-contained way and use the behavior of their errors to provide further insight into the range of validity of each method.
description: minor changes for reasons of a consistent notation
Combined multi-frequency map for point source substraction
Creators: name: Naselsky, Pavel
name: Novikov, Dimitri
name: Silk, Joseph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A method is proposed for combining multi-frequency maps in order to produce a catalogue of extragalactic point sources using data from future high-precision satellite experiments. We have found the optimal way for combining maps at different frequencies in order to maximize the signal (point sources) to noise (rest of the signal) ratio. Our approach is a natural multi-frequency generalization of the band-pass filter introduced by Tegmark and de Oliveira-Costa (1998). We show that combination of different frequency maps gives us the possibility of creating a more complete catalogue of point sources.
Notes on Landauer's principle, Reversible Computation and Maxwell's Demon
Creators: name: Bennett, Charles H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Landauer's principle, often regarded as the foundation of the thermodynamics of information processing, holds that any logically irreversible manipulation of information, such as the erasure of a bit or the merging of two computation paths, must be accompanied by a corresponding entropy increase in non-information bearing degrees of freedom of the information processing apparatus or its environment. Conversely, it is generally accepted that any logically reversible transformation of information can in principle be accomplished by an appropriate physical mechanism operating in a thermodynamically reversible fashion. These notions have sometimes been criticized either as being false, or as being trivial and obvious, and therefore unhelpful for purposes such as explaining why Maxwell's Demon cannot violate the Second Law of thermodynamics. Here I attempt to refute some of the arguments against Landauer's principle, while arguing that although in a sense it is indeed a trivial and obvious restatement of the Second Law, it still has considerable pedagogic and explanatory power, especially in the context of other influential ideas in 19'th and 20'th century physics. Similar arguments have been given by Jeffrey Bub [arXiv:quant-ph/0203017].
description: revised and enlarged from v1
The Continuing Slow Decline of AG Pegasi
Creators: name: Kenyon, Scott J.
name: Proga, Daniel
name: Keyes, Charles D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze optical and ultraviolet observations of the symbiotic binary AG Pegasi acquired during 1992-97. The bolometric luminosity of the hot component declined by a factor of 2-3 from 1980-1985 to 1997. Since 1992, the effective temperature of the hot component may have declined by 10%-20%, but this decline is comparable to the measurement errors. Optical observations of H-beta and He I emission show a clear illumination effect, where high energy photons from the hot component ionize the outer atmosphere of the red giant. Simple illumination models generally account for the magnitude of the optical and ultraviolet emission line fluxes. High ionization emission lines - [Ne V], [Mg V], and [Fe VII] - suggest mechanical heating in the outer portions of the photoionized red giant wind. This emission probably originates in a low density region $\sim$ 30-300 AU from the central binary.
description: 17 pages, 7 pages, 5 tables; to be published in the Astronomical Journal, July 2001
Julian Tenison Woods 1832-1889 : the interaction of science and religion
Creators: name: Player, Anne
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Clergy--Australia--Biography
subject: Scientists--Australia--Biography
subject: Tenison-Woods, J. E. 1832-1889(Julian Edmund),
subject: Catholic Church Clergy BiographyAustralia
subject: Clergy BiographyAustralia
subject: Scientists BiographyAustralia

description: Julian Tenison Woods died in Sydney on 7 October 1889. The various scientific societies lamented the loss of one of their most prolific contributors and eulogised his achievements. Newspapers and journals noted his passing and one obituarist predicted: if young Australia possess any aspirations beyond the development of brawn and the deification of sport, [then the memory of Woods], should shine for many a year to come like a fixed firmamental star secure in the esteem of us all! Yet interest in sport apparently triumphed over other aspirations, for the name of Julian Tenison Woods, scientist, gradually slipped into oblivion. An attempt by Richard Helms to immortalise him in 1896 by naming a spur in the Snowy Mountains, Mount Tenison Woods, failed. The name fell into disuse. Woods, however, eventually received some recognition because in 1975 a 780 metre crest in the D'Aguilar Range north-west of Brisbane received his name. This belated honour resulted from the efforts of the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, a religious Order founded by Woods, not from agitation by a group of scientists. If society at large forgot him, the religious Orders he founded kept alive his memory although, with the circulation of pious reminiscences, it often became less than real.
Deviations to Tri-Bi-Maximal mixing in the limit of $μ-τ$ symmetry
Creators: name: Rivera-Agudelo, Diana C.
name: Tostado, S. L.
name: Pérez-Lorenzana, Abdel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the limit of an approximate $μ-τ$ symmetry in the neutrino mass matrix, we explore deviations to the Tri-Bi-Maximal mixing pattern in the neutrino sector. We consider two different ansatzes for the corrected pattern to predict the current values of neutrino mixing parameters. We show that it is possible to constrain the Majorana $CP$ phases by studying their correlation to the mixing parameters and we study their effects on neutrinoless double beta decay observables. These predictions are sharp for the quasi-degenerate ordering and can be tested in upcoming experiments.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures
Off-Axis Cluster Mergers: Effects of a Strongly Peaked Dark Matter Profile
Creators: name: Ricker, Paul M.
name: Sarazin, Craig L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: (Abridged) We present a parameter study of offset mergers between clusters of galaxies. Using the Eulerian hydrodynamics/N-body code COSMOS, we simulate mergers between nonisothermal, hydrostatic clusters with a steep central dark matter density profile and a beta-model gas profile. We constrain global properties of the model clusters using observed cluster statistical relationships. We consider impact parameters between zero and five times the scale radius and mass ratios of 1:1 and 1:3. The morphological changes, relative velocities, and temperature jumps we observe agree with previous studies using the King profile for the dark matter. We observe a larger jump in X-ray luminosity (~4-10x) than in previous work, and we argue that this increase is most likely a lower limit due to our spatial resolution. We emphasize that luminosity and temperature jumps due to mergers may have an important bearing on constraints on Omega derived from the observation of hot clusters at high redshift. Shocks are relatively weak in the cluster cores; hence they do not significantly increase the entropy there. Instead, shocks create entropy in the outer regions, and this high-entropy gas is mixed with the core gas during later stages of the merger. Ram pressure initiates mixing by displacing the core gas from its potential center, causing it to become convectively unstable. The resulting convective plumes produce large-scale turbulent motions with eddy sizes up to several 100 kpc. This turbulence is pumped by dark matter-driven oscillations in the gravitational potential. Even after nearly a Hubble time these motions persist as subsonic turbulence in the cluster cores, providing 5-10% of the support against gravity.
description: 24 pages, 15 figures, accepted by ApJ; high resolution version and MPEG/Quicktime movies at http://flash.uchicago.edu/~ricker/research/clusters/papers/offctr2/
title: Towards a covenantal kirk: heeding stories of clergy stress in the Church of Scotland
Creators: name: Dunbar, Linda Jayne
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Church of Scotland, clergy, stress, clergy-stress, clergy-discipline, discipline, kirk sessions, Presbytery, '121', spiritual direction, pastoral supervision, trusted friends, elders, Session Clerks, mental health, pastoral care, Presbytery Chaplains, covenants, failed covenants, Scotland.

description: This thesis explores the stories of Church of Scotland clergy who have suffered from work related stress during their parish ministries and their encounters with institutional and non-institutional supports. Chapter One traces the researcher’s ontological and epistemological standpoint as it is woven around life events from childhood to present day and how these have shaped this research. Chapter Two places the question of clergy stress within the recent field of research, noting the growing use of qualitative methods, the increased value placed upon hearing the voice of participants and expounding upon feminism’s standpoint theory as a key research methodology. The detailed methods employed in this study form the basis of Chapter Three. The following four chapters summarise themes and understandings of clergy stress as expressed by participants. Chapter Four identifies the commonly identified causes of stress for parish ministers, including training issues, changing ministerial roles, unrealistic demands, conflict within kirk sessions and the Presbytery Disciplinary Procedure. Chapter Five widens the focus to explore the physical, mental and spiritual manifestations of stress that ministers have experienced. Chapters Six and Seven shift the focus to sources of support for ministers. Chapter Six records a picture of institutional supports which are ineffective, untrusted and unwanted. Chapter Seven shows the positive and effective non-institutional supports provided by Pastoral Supervisors, Spiritual Directors and trusted friends within the local setting. Chapter Eight offers a summary and identifies the lack of covenantal relationships between the institutional church and its clergy. The thesis concludes in Chapter Nine with suggestions for the National Church, regional Presbyteries, local kirk sessions and clerics.
title: Teen Girls’ Online Participation: An Australian Study
Creators: name: Thompson, Roberta Anne
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Teenage girls and the internet
subject: Teenage girls and social media
subject: Girls’ cybersafety

description: This research investigated the online participation of Australian girls 13 years of age. The study was framed in the broad context of networked culture and the changing social environment associated with the Web 2.0 phenomenon. The participatory character of this space was considered critical to investigating teen girls’ online participation. In this landscape, new technologies and social media applications were understood to offer greater means for teen girls to engage with peers and close friends. It was presupposed that teen friendship was shifting towards more complicated and overlapping communication arrangements. The study was concerned with identifying the ways in which teen girls managed and navigated their everyday experience with peers and close friends in this context. The literature review highlighted the changing sociocultural context of everyday interaction. In particular, attention was drawn to the influence of new technologies on young people’s online safety. Online risk dominated the research scholarship and gendered practices emerged as critical avenues for exploring teen girls’ online experience. The regulatory influence of dominant discourses on teen girl’s everyday interactions and online practice came into question. Online interaction, rather than an isolated set of online actions came to be understood as a complex organisation of micro-interactions and macro-structural forces. The theoretical framework was built on the understanding that teen girls were active participants of their own experience but that this practice was situated in socially-defined parameters of structural discourses and technological opportunities and constraints.
title: Adaptations to 12 weeks of walking in women aged 65-74 years with type 2 diabetes
Creators: name: Simmonds, Michael James
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Type 2 diabetes
subject: Haemorheological parameters
subject: Heart rate variability

description: The recent premature termination of the intensive glucose-lowering cohort of a major National Institute of Health study into diabetes control, due to increased mortality, has renewed interest in the primary goal(s) of type 2 diabetes management. There is accumulating evidence that improved prevention and management of the associated complications of type 2 diabetes (e.g., cardiovascular diseases; CVD) should be specifically considered rather than solely implementing glycaemic control, particularly for older individuals. The principle aim of this thesis was therefore to investigate the interactions between various known markers of CVD in older women with type 2 diabetes, and subsequently implement an individualised 12-wk walking intervention with the primary goal of improving those markers of CVD. The subjects of the present studies were all 65-74 yr old women with uncomplicated type 2 diabetes that were able to walk unaided and were not using medications known to interfere with any dependent variables. While a control group of non-diabetic women aged 65-74 yr was recruited for comparative purposes in the acute assessments in Study One, the subjects with type 2 diabetes acted as their own control in Studies Two and Three by visiting the laboratory for baseline assessments over a 6-wk lead-in period prior to exercise training. Subjects were randomly allocated into two groups where exercise frequency and session duration were manipulated (Group 1: 2 x 60 min·wk-1 or Group 2: 4 x 30 min·wk-1), but intensity and accumulated weekly duration of exercise were consistent between groups (100% gas-exchange threshold; 120 min·wk-1).
Efficacy and safety of mirogabalin for the treatment of fibromyalgia: results from three 13-week randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled, parallel-group studies and a 52-week open-label extension study
Creators: name: Arnold, Lesley M.
name: Whitaker, Susan
name: Hsu, Ching
name: Jacobs, David
name: Merante, Domenico
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objective: To investigate the efficacy and safety of mirogabalin, an α2δ ligand, in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Methods: In three 13-week, multicenter, double-blind, phase 3 studies (studies A, B, and C), patients with FM (n = 1293, 1270, and 1301, respectively) were randomized (1:1:1:1) to placebo, pregabalin 150 mg twice daily, mirogabalin 15 mg once daily or mirogabalin 15 mg twice daily. The primary endpoint was the change in weekly average daily worst pain score (ADPS) at week 13. Key secondary endpoints included Patient Global Impression of Change and change in the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire total score. Long-term safety of mirogabalin was assessed in a 52-week extension study. Results: Neither mirogabalin dose demonstrated a significant ADPS reduction from baseline vs. placebo at week 13 in any of the three studies. Pregabalin significantly reduced ADPS from baseline vs. placebo in studies B and C (p = .0008 and .0001, respectively). The effect of mirogabalin compared with placebo on key secondary endpoints was variable across the studies. Mirogabalin was well tolerated by most patients in the phase 3 studies; no unexpected adverse events occurring during the 52-week extension study. Conclusion: While both mirogabalin doses were well tolerated by most patients and showed potential for reducing pain associated with FM, the primary endpoint of significant pain reduction in patients on mirogabalin compared with placebo was not achieved in any of the three randomized controlled studies. Clinical trial registration: NCT02146430; NCT02187159; NCT02187471; and NCT02234583 (extension study).
Faddeev-Yakubovsky calculations for light Lambda-Lambda hypernuclei
Creators: name: Filikhin, I. N.
name: Gal, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: New Faddeev-Yakubovsky calculations are reported for Lambda-Lambda-6He and Lambda-Lambda-10Be in terms of clusters of alpha's and Lambda's, using Lambda-Lambda s-wave potentials motivated by several of the Nijmegen model interactions. The self consistency of the Lambda-Lambda hypernuclear world data for these species is discussed. The newly reported Lambda-Lambda-6He event is found to be compatible with Lambda-Lambda interaction strengths provided by the Nijmegen soft-core one-boson-exchange model NSC97. Faddeev calculations for Lambda-Lambda-5H and Lambda-Lambda-5He suggest that these Lambda-Lambda hypernuclei are stable against emitting Lambda's for any (essentially attractive) Lambda-Lambda interaction, whereas calcualtions for Lambda-Lambda-4H do not allow a clear-cut conclusion whether or not it is particle stable.
description: 21 pages including 9 tables, 4 postscript figures; added discussion and references; accepted for publication in Nucl. Phys. A
The afterglow and kilonova of the short GRB 160821B
Creators: name: Troja, E.
name: Castro-Tirado, A. J.
name: Gonzalez, J. Becerra
name: Hu, Y.
name: Ryan, G. S.
name: Cenko, S. B.
name: Ricci, R.
name: Novara, G.
name: Sanchez-Ramirez, R.
name: Acosta-Pulido, J. A.
name: Garcia, M. D. Caballero
name: Guziy, S.
name: Jeong, S.
name: Lien, A. Y.
name: Marquez, I.
name: Pandey, S. B.
name: Park, I. H.
name: Tello, J. C.
name: Sakamoto, T.
name: Sokolov, I. V.
name: Sokolov, V. V.
name: Tiengo, A.
name: Valeev, A. F.
name: Zhang, B. B.
name: Veilleux, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: GRB 160821B is a short duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected and localized by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory in the outskirts of a spiral galaxy at z=0.1613, at a projected physical offset of 16 kpc from the galaxy's center. We present X-ray, optical/nIR and radio observations of its counterpart and model them with two distinct components of emission: a standard afterglow, arising from the interaction of the relativistic jet with the surrounding medium, and a kilonova, powered by the radioactive decay of the sub-relativistic ejecta. Broadband modeling of the afterglow data reveals a weak reverse shock propagating backward into the jet, and a likely jet-break at 3.5 d. This is consistent with a structured jet seen slightly off-axis while expanding into a low-density medium. Analysis of the kilonova properties suggests a rapid evolution toward red colors, similar to AT2017gfo, and a low nIR luminosity, possibly due to the presence of a long-lived neutron star. The global properties of the environment, the inferred low mass (M_ej < 0.006 Msun) and velocities (v > 0.05 c) of lanthanide-rich ejecta are consistent with a binary neutron star merger progenitor.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures, MNRAS, in press. Moderate revision, added Figure 5 and X-ray data to Table 1
Additional file 1 of Health TAPESTRY Ontario: protocol for a randomized controlled trial to test reproducibility and implementation
Creators: name: Mangin, Dee
name: Lamarche, Larkin
name: Oliver, Doug
name: Bomze, Sivan
name: Borhan, Sayem
name: Browne, Tracy
name: Carr, Tracey
name: Datta, Julie
name: Dolovich, Lisa
name: Howard, Michelle
name: Marentette-Brown, Sarah
name: Risdon, Cathy
name: Talat, Samina
name: Tarride, Jean-Eric
name: Thabane, Lehana
name: Valaitis, Ruta
name: Price, David
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. SPIRIT 2013 Checklist.
Relativistic corrections to astrometric shifts due to gravitational microlensing
Creators: name: Lewis, Geraint F.
name: Wang, X. Rosalind
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gravitational microlensing has proved to be a versatile astrophysical tool. Recently, the question of whether higher order relativistic corrections can influence the observable properties of microlensing has been addressed. This letter extends earlier studies, investigating higher order relativistic terms in astrometric shifts during microlensing events, revealing that they produce no effects. The magnitude of the relativistic corrections is examined in an astrophysical context and is found to be negligible.
description: 4 pages (PTPTeX); accepted for publication in Prog. Theor. Phys