cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Inclusive vector charmonium production in two-photon e^+ e^- -annihilation at \sqrt{s}=10.6 GeV
Creators: name: Luchinsky, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we study inclusive production of vector charmonium states $J/ψ$ or $ψ(2S)$ in two-photon $\epem$-annihilation at $\sqrt s=10.6 \rm GeV$ using color-singlet model. Analytic expressions for differential cross sections, numerical values of total cross sections and plots of different distributions are presented. These distributions differ significantly from the one-photon case so these modes can be easily separated.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, LaTeX
Repair and Maintenance Costs for Agricultural Machines
Creators: name: Lips, Markus
name: Burose, Frank
name: Lips, Markus
name: Burose, Frank
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Repair costs
subject: maintenance
subject: agricultural machines
subject: Switzerland

description: The paper presents an approach for deriving repair and maintenance factors intended to indicate the accumulated repair and maintenance costs for agricultural machines. In a two-stage approach, an annual ‘repair and maintenance cost’ function is estimated and afterwards aggregated for the machine’s estimated service life. Based on cross-sectional data, the approach is applied for tractors, ploughs, mowers and self-loading trailers in Switzerland, covering a wide range of agricultural mechanisation. The results of our study show that, in line with the literature, an additional year in service increases annual repair and maintenance costs for all machine types under consideration. Furthermore, annual utilisation strongly influences repair and maintenance costs, a fact which, to our knowledge, has so far not been taken account of in the literature. For all analysed machines, increasing annual utilisation leads to a disproportionately low increase in repair and maintenance costs, revealing the existence of an economy-of-scale effect. Assuming that the machine’s estimated service life (also called estimated useful life) is completely exploited, the accumulated repair and maintenance costs depend strongly on the machine’s annual utilisation. Accordingly, in order to minimise accumulated repair and maintenance costs, high annual utilisation coupled with a short length of service life is beneficial.
Time evolution of X-ray coronal activity in PMS stars; a possible relation with the evolution of accretion disks
Creators: name: Flaccomio, E.
name: Micela, G.
name: Sciortino, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the evolution of X-ray stellar activity from the age of the youngest known star forming regions (SFR), < 1Myr, to about 100 Myr, i.e. the zero age main sequence (ZAMS) for a ~ 1M_sun star. We consider five SFR of varying age (Rho Ophiuchi, the Orion Nebula Cluster, NGC 2264, Chamaeleon I, and Eta Chamaeleontis) and two young clusters (the Pleiades and NGC 2516). Optical and X-ray data for these regions are retrieved both from archival observations and recent literature, and reanalyzed here in a consistent manner so to minimize systematic differences in the results. We study trends of L_X and L_X/L_bol as a function of stellar mass and association age. For low mass stars (M < 1M_sun) we observe an increase in L_X/L_bol in the first 3-4 Myr and a subsequent leveling off at the saturation level (L_X/L_bol ~ -3). Slowly evolving very low mass stars then retain saturated levels down to the oldest ages here considered, while for higher mass stars activity begins to decline at some age after ~10^7 years. We find our data consistent with the following tentative picture: low mass PMS stars with no circumstellar accretion disk have saturated activity, consistently with the activity-Rossby number relation derived for MS stars. Accretion and/or the presence of disks somehow lowers the observed activity levels; disk dissipation and/or the decrease of mass accretion rate in the first few Myrs of PMS evolution is therefore responsible for the observed increase of L_X/L_bol with time.
description: 17 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Competitive strategy analysis of New Zealand pastoral dairy farming systems
Creators: name: Shadbolt, Nicola M.
name: Shadbolt, Nicola M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: pastoral dairy farm systems
subject: competitive advantage
subject: Du Pont analysis
subject: cost of production
subject: Return on Equity

description: The purpose of this paper is to examine the financial performance of five pastoral dairy farming systems through the use of financial ratio analysis in the form of the Du Pont model and to determine any differences in the drivers of financial success between systems. The differing level and allocation of resources, or organisational structure, that each farm system adopts was the basis for a test to determine superior competitive advantage. This test was on the premise that if a farm system has a competitive advantage it would exhibit above average performance. While the on-farm competitive strategy is the same for all systems, cost leadership, the organisational design, and the resource configuration differ between farms. There are low-input farms which achieve low cost production through cost control (the numerator effect) and high-input farms which achieve it through improved outputs (the denominator effect). There has been significant debate in New Zealand as to which system is better with discussion focusing often on misleading metrics. The focus on competitive advantage and the rigour provided by the Du Pont model analysis enables a more balanced assessment of the benefits, or not, of intensification on New Zealand farms. The results highlight how misleading commonly used metrics can be. Despite differences in production and operating profit per hectare there is very little difference between return on assets and return on equity between the systems. Of particular interest is the consistency in operating profit margin between systems indicating no loss in operating efficiency as systems intensify. The only exception to this was the more intensive systems in 08/09 when input and output market price relativity was extremely unfavourable. Further research is required to determine if farms switch between systems as input and output market prices change and to explore those farms that are more resilient to such changes.
Know More or Eat Less
Creators: name: Marsh, Sir John
name: Marsh, Sir John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Political Economy
subject: Food security
subject: CAP
subject: new technology
subject: policy failure

description: We face a truly challenging task to achieve an acceptable level of food security in the future. Food supplies have kept pace with, and at times and in places, outstripped an increase in population from 3 billion to 6 billion in fifty years. Not only has the amount of food kept pace but the quality of the diet has improved. Greater labour productivity on the farm has been possible because jobs that were once done within the farm boundary are now the business of external suppliers. Globally the most productive land is already in use and increased area, where it is possible, will not lead to proportionate increases in output. The food chain is a major user of fossil fuels and water. Contemporary farming can also damage water, soil, biodiversity and is a significant contributor to global warming. The CAP is still needed if non-market public goods are to be authentically taken into account as markets become open to competition but there is little sign of new thinking in the latest proposals. Globally policy failure exacerbates problems rather than relieves them. There is no reason to believe that we have reached the end of productivity increasing technology. If we are to benefit from investment in research we need applied scientists as well as those engaged in more fundamental, pure research. We also need means of bringing new technology into action. Our ability to capture and apply new science depends on society accepting changes that may be uncomfortable and to some seem potentially threatening. New technologies involve risks, some known and others not yet recognized, but less readily recognized are the risks involved in not taking action. Pressure groups, who claim to speak for the public, occupy an important place in assessing and interpreting new technology but they also have agendas of their own.
Entrepreneurship in startups
Creators: name: Muramalla, Venkata Sai Srinivasa Rao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150299 Banking, Finance and Investment not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150301 Business Information Management (incl. Records, Knowledge and Information Management, and Intelligence)
subject: 150304 Entrepreneurship
subject: 150201 Finance
subject: 150203 Financial Institutions (incl. Banking)
subject: 150305 Human Resources Management
subject: 150204 Insurance Studies
subject: 150308 International Business
subject: 150502 Marketing Communications
subject: 150503 Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations)
subject: 150506 Marketing Theory
subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: 150311 Organisational Behaviour
subject: 150313 Quality Management
subject: 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified
subject: 150501 Consumer-Oriented Product or Service Development
subject: 150504 Marketing Measurement
subject: 150599 Marketing not elsewhere classified
subject: 150314 Small Business Management

description: This article is about the governmental intervention in promoting tech startups in India.
The mixed results of the European policies of rural development
Creators: name: Schmitt, Bertrand
name: Aubert, Francis
name: Schmitt, Bertrand
name: Aubert, Francis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Community/Rural/Urban Development

description: The European policy of rural development is largely included in what is usually called the second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), covered by Rural Development regulations (RRD) and in support of which an agricultural European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) was set up. Its mode of intervention relies less on direct aid more on offering support to projects by federating regions and Member States to promote activities and actions in favour of the living environment in rural areas. However another aspect of EU intervention, the policy of cohesion, also concerns rural areas. The impact of these two aspects of EU intervention on the development of rural areas seems limited, only imperfectly addressing the contemporary reality of rural development. A dual approach is required in order to align the actions of the current programs and develop them further: on the one hand, with regards to the first pillar of the CAP and the spatial dynamics of the agricultural sector; on the other hand, with regards to social actions and regional development which affects the city as much as the countryside.
Addressing the Needs of the Agribusiness “Fringe”
Creators: name: Larson, Ronald B.
name: Larson, Ronald B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural Finance
Industrial Organization

description: Students studying “fringe” agribusiness sectors (e.g,, supermarkets, textile manufacturers, paper mills, wholesale nurseries etc.) need more business training. Attempts to serve these sectors by broadening courses would probably add some topics and reduce others. The result could be less beneficial for students seeking careers in traditional “core” areas (e.g., agricultural sales, input supply, agricultural finance, cooperatives, and commodity marketing). Because the needs of these “fringe” areas are not uniform, “generic” agribusiness courses may not address all their specific business skill needs. One starting point could be to rotate part of the agribusiness capstone course so three major topics are covered in depth different semesters: supply chain management, human resource management, and regulations, public relations, and crisis management.
Water Content and Superconductivity in Na0.3CoO2*yH2O
Creators: name: Cmaidalka, J.
name: Baikalov, A.
name: Xue, Y. Y.
name: Meng, R. L.
name: Chu, C. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report here the correlation between the water content and superconductivity in Na0.3CoO2*yH2O under the influences of elevated temperature and cold compression. The x-ray diffraction of the sample annealed at elevated temperatures indicates that intergrowths exist in the compound at equilibrium when 0.6 < y < 1.4. Its low-temperature diamagnetization varies linearly with y, but is insensitive to the intergrowth, indicative of quasi-2D superconductivity. The Tc-onset, especially, shifts only slightly with y. Our data from cold compressed samples, on the other hand, show that the water-loss non-proportionally suppresses the diamagnetization, which is suggestive of weak links.
description: 10 pages, 10 figures; submitted to Physica C (August 13, 2003)
Additional file of EcoTILLING in Capsicum species: searching for new virus resistances
Creators: name: Ibiza, Vicente P
name: Cañizares, Joaquín
name: Nuez, Fernando
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file of EcoTILLING in Capsicum species: searching for new virus resistances
Land Scale，Input-Output and Income
Creators: name: Deng, Mengzhi
name: Deng, Mengzhi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Tobacco growers
subject: Scale
subject: Production
subject: Investment and output
subject: Income

description: Based on the investigation of production, inputs and income of tobacco farmers in 337 families in 10 counties of which the specialty is tobacco in Henan Province in 2010, the differences in the production, inputs and income were discussed. Results suggested that in terms of land yield rate and tobacco growers’ income, the suitable proportion of land for tobacco production in Henan Province is from 0.33 to 0.67 hm2.
Determinants of Farm Labour Use: A Comparison between Ireland and Italy
Creators: name: Loughrey, Jason
name: Hennessy, Thia
name: Hanrahan, Kevin
name: Donnellan, Trevor
name: Raimondi, Valentina
name: Olper, Alessandro
name: Loughrey, Jason
name: Hennessy, Thia
name: Hanrahan, Kevin
name: Donnellan, Trevor
name: Raimondi, Valentina
name: Olper, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Farm Management
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Labour Supply
subject: Off Farm Employment
subject: Farm Holder
subject: Italy
subject: Ireland

description: This paper examines the effect of the decoupling of farm direct payments upon the off-farm labour supply decisions of farmers in both Ireland and Italy. We use panel data from the Farm Business Survey (REA) and FADN database covering the period from 2002 to 2009 to model these decisions. Drawing from the conceptual agricultural household model, we hypothesise that the decoupling of direct payments led to an increase in off-farm labour activity despite some competing factors. This hypothesis rests largely upon the argument that the effects of changes in relative wages have dominated other factors. At a micro level, the decoupling induced decline in the farm wage relative to the non-farm wage ought to have provoked a greater incentive for off-farm labour supply. The main known competing argument is that decoupling introduced a new source of non-labour income i.e. a wealth effect. This may in turn have suppressed or eliminated the likelihood of increased off-farm labour supply for some farmers. For the purposes of comparative analysis, the Italian model utilises the data from the REA database instead of the FADN as the latter has a less than satisfactory coverage of labour issues. Both models are developed at a national level. We draw from the literature on female labour supply and use a sample selection corrected ordinary least squares model to examine both the decisions of off farm work participation and the decisions regarding the amount of time spent working off-farm. The preliminary results indicate that decoupling has not had a significant impact on off-farm labour supply in the case of Ireland but there appears to be a significantly negative relationship in the Italian case. It still remains the case in both countries that the wealth of the farmer is negatively correlated with the likelihood of off-farm employment.
Stellar population astrophysics (SPA) with the TNG. Revisiting the metallicity of Praesepe (M44)
Creators: name: D'Orazi, Valentina
name: Oliva, Ernesto
name: Bragaglia, Angela
name: Frasca, Antonio
name: Sanna, Nicoletta
name: Biazzo, Katia
name: Casali, Giada
name: Desidera, Silvano
name: Lucatello, Sara
name: Magrini, Laura
name: Origlia, Livia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Open clusters exquisitely track the Galactic disc chemical properties and its time evolution; a substantial number of studies and large spectroscopic surveys focus mostly on the chemical content of relatively old clusters (age $\gtrsim$ 1 Gyr). Interestingly, the less studied young counterpart populating the solar surrounding has been found to be solar (at most), with a notable surprising lack of young metal-rich objects. While there is wide consensus about the moderately above-solar composition of the Hyades cluster, the metallicity of Praesepe is still controversial. Recent studies suggest that these two clusters share identical chemical composition and age, but this conclusion is disputed. With the aim of reassessing the metallicity of Praesepe, and its difference (if any) with the Hyades cluster, we present in this paper a spectroscopic investigation of ten solar-type dwarf members. We exploited $GIARPS$ at the TNG to acquire high-resolution, high-quality optical and near-IR spectra and derived stellar parameters, metallicity ([Fe/H]), light elements, $α$- and iron-peak elements, by using a strictly differential (line-by-line) approach. We also analysed in the very same way the solar spectrum and the Hyades solar analogue HD 28099. Our findings suggest that Praesepe is more metal-rich than the Hyades, at the level of $Δ$[Fe/H]=+0.05$\pm$0.01 dex, with a mean value of [Fe/H]=+0.21$\pm0.01$ dex. All the other elements scale with iron, as expected. This result seems to reject the hypothesis of a common origin for these two open clusters. Most importantly, Praesepe is currently the most metal-rich, young open cluster living in the solar neighbourhood.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A
Extending QCD perturbation theory to higher energies
Creators: name: Ciafaloni, M.
name: Colferai, D.
name: Salam, G. P.
name: Stasto, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: On the basis of the results of a new renormalisation group improved small-x resummation scheme, we argue that the range of validity of perturbative calculations is considerably extended in rapidity with respect to leading log expectations. We thus provide predictions for the energy dependence of the gluon Green function in its perturbative domain and for the resummed splitting function. As in previous analyses, high-energy exponents are reduced to phenomenologically acceptable values. Additionally, interesting preasymptotic effects are observed. In particular, the splitting function shows a shallow dip in the moderate small-x region, followed by the expected power increase.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures. Expanded some discussions, clarified a figure, added some references. Version to appear in Phys. Lett. B
Additional file 4 of Demographic history and genetic differentiation of an endemic and endangered Ulmus lamellosa (Ulmus)
Creators: name: Hou, Huimin
name: Ye, Hang
name: Wang, Zhi
name: Wu, Jiahui
name: Gao, Yue
name: Han, Wei
name: Na, Dongchen
name: Sun, Genlou
name: Wang, Yiling
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology

description: Additional file 4: Figure S3. Correlation between geographic distance and pairwise FST/environmental distance for Ulmus lamellosa. (a), (b): relationship estimated by ITS and (c), (d): relationship estimated by Aat.
The Local Hole in the Galaxy Distribution: New Optical Evidence
Creators: name: Busswell, G. S.
name: Shanks, T.
name: Outram, P. J.
name: Frith, W. J.
name: Metcalfe, N.
name: Fong, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new CCD survey of galaxies within the N and S strips of the 2dFGRS areas. We use the new CCD data to check the photographic photometry scales of the 2dFGRS, APMBGC, APM-Stromlo Redshift Survey, Durham-UKST (DUKST) survey, Millenium Galaxy Catalogue (MGC) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We find evidence for scale and zero-point errors in the 2dFGRS northern field, DUKST and APM data of 0.10, 0.24 and 0.31 mag. respectively; we find excellent agreement with the MGC and SDSS photometry. We find conclusive evidence that the S counts with B<17 mag are down by ~30% relative to both the N counts and to the models of Metcalfe et al. We further compare the n(z) distributions from the B<17 mag. DUKST and B<19.5 2dFGRS redshift surveys using the corrected photometry. While the N n(z) from 2dFGRS appears relatively homogeneous over its whole range, the S n(z) shows a 30% deficiency out to z=0.1; at higher redshifts it agrees much better with the N n(z) and the homogeneous model n(z). The DUKST n(z) shows that the S `hole' extends over a 20 by 75 degree squared area. The troughs with z<0.1 in the DUKST n(z) appear deeper than for the fainter 2dFGRS data. This may be evidence that the local galaxy distribution is biased on >50 h-1 Mpc scales which is unexpected in a Lambda-CDM cosmology. Finally, since the Southern local void persists over the full area of the APM and APMBGC with a ~25% deficiency in the counts below B~17, this means that its extent is ~300 h-1 Mpc by 300 h-1 Mpc on the sky as well as ~300 h-1 Mpc in the redshift direction. Such a 25% deficiency extending over ~10^7 h-3 Mpc^3 may imply that the galaxy correlation function's power-law behaviour extends to \~150 h-1 Mpc with no break and show more excess large-scale power than detected in the 2dFGRS correlation function or expected in the Lambda-CDM cosmology.
description: 15 pages, 17 figures
Ellagitannins from Punica granatum leaves suppress microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 expression and induce lung cancer cells to undergo apoptosis
Creators: name: Toda, Keisuke
name: Ueyama, Mai
name: Shomu Tanaka
name: Tsukayama, Izumi
name: Mega, Takuto
name: Konoike, Yuka
name: Tamenobu, Asako
name: Februadi Bastian
name: Akai, Iria
name: Ito, Hideyuki
name: Kawakami, Yuki
name: Takahashi, Yoshitaka
name: Suzuki-Yamamoto, Toshiko
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), which is a potent pro-inflammatory lipid mediator, is biosynthesized from arachidonic acid by cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and microsomal PGE synthase-1 (mPGES-1). Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are used clinically as COX inhibitors, but they have gastrointestinal and cardiovascular side-effects. Thus, the terminal enzyme mPGES-1 holds promise as the next therapeutic target. In this study, we found that the ellagitannins granatin A and granatin B isolated from pomegranate leaves, and geraniin, which is their structural analog, selectively suppressed mPGES-1 expression without affecting COX-2 in non-small cell lung carcinoma A549 cells. The ellagitannins also down-regulated tumor necrosis factor α, inducible nitric oxide synthase, and anti-apoptotic factor B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma 2, and induced A549 cells to undergo apoptosis. These findings indicate that the ellagitannins have anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic effects, due to their specific suppression of mPGES-1. Abbreviations: Bcl-2: B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma 2; COX: cyclooxygenase; CRE: cAMP response element; DHHDP: dehydrohexahydroxydiphenoyl; Et2O: diethyl ether; EtOAc: ethyl acetate; GAPDH: glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase; iNOS: inducible nitric oxide synthase; mPGES-1: microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1; n-BuOH: water-saturated n-butanol; NSAIDs: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; NF-κB: nuclear factor-κB; PG: prostaglandin; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; TUNEL: terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling Ellagitannins from pomegranate leaves suppressed mPGES-1 expression without affecting COX-2, and showed anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic effects.
Additional file 4 of EcoTILLING in Capsicum species: searching for new virus resistances
Creators: name: Ibiza, Vicente P
name: Cañizares, Joaquín
name: Nuez, Fernando
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4:Analysis to determine that translation initiation factor is involved in PVY resistance. Response of the tested accessions against PVY-F14K according to their eIF4E and eIF(iso)4E proteins. Resistant accessions are highlighted in green, tolerant accessions in yellow and susceptible accessions in red. (PDF 10 KB)
Characteristic analysis of the fermentation and sporulation properties of the traditional sake yeast strain Hiroshima no.6
Creators: name: Yamasaki, Risa
name: Goshima, Tetsuya
name: Oba, Kenji
name: Isogai, Atsuko
name: Ritsushi Ohdoi
name: Hirata, Dai
name: Akao, Takeshi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: General sake yeasts (e.g., Kyokai no.7, K7) show high fermentation ability and low sporulation frequency. Former is related to stress-response defect due to the loss-of-function of MSN4 and RIM15. Later is mainly caused by low IME1 expression, leading to difficulty in breeding and genetic analysis. Sake yeast Hiroshima no.6 (H6), which had been applied for sake fermentation, has sporulation ability. However, its detailed properties have not been unveiled. Here we present that the fermentation ability of H6 is suitable for sake brewing, and the precursor of dimethyl trisulfide in sake from H6 is low. MSN4 but not RIM15 of H6 has the same mutation as K7. Our phylogenetic analysis indicated that H6 is closely related to the K7 group. Unlike K7, H6 showed normal sporulation frequency in a partially RIM15-dependent manner, and IME1 in H6 was expressed. H6 possesses excellent properties as a partner strain for breeding by crossing. Hiroshima sake yeast no.6 (H6), isolated in 1926, is a unique strain that has sporulation ability despite being phylogenetically closely related to the K7 group.
Beating direct transmission bounds for quantum key distribution with a multiple quantum memory station
Creators: name: Trényi, Róbert
name: Lütkenhaus, Norbert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Overcoming repeaterless bounds for the secret key rate capacity of quantum key distribution protocols is still a challenge with current technology. D. Luong et al. [Applied Physics B 122, 96 (2016)] proposed a protocol to beat a repeaterless bound using one pair of quantum memories. However, the required experimental parameters for the memories are quite demanding. We extend the protocol with multiple pairs of memories, operated in a parallel manner to relax these conditions. We quantify the amount of relaxation in terms of the most crucial memory parameters, given the number of applied memory pairs. In the case of high-loss channels we found that adding only a few pair of memories can make the crossover possible.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures
Gapped vegetation patterns: crown/root allometry and snaking bifurcation
Creators: name: Cisternas, Jaime
name: Escaff, Daniel
name: Clerc, M.
name: Lefever, René
name: Tlidi, Mustapha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nonuniform spatial distributions of vegetation in scarce environments consist of either gaps, bands often called tiger bush or patches that can be either self-organized or spatially localized in space. When the level of aridity is increased, the uniform vegetation cover develops localized regions of lower biomass. These spatial structures are generically called vegetation gaps. They are embedded in a uniform vegetation cover. The spatial distribution of vegetation gaps can be either periodic or randomly distributed. We investigate the combined influence of the facilitative and the competitive nonlocal interactions between plants, and the role of crow/root allometry, on the formation of gapped vegetation patterns. We characterize first the formation of the periodic distribution of gaps by drawing their bifurcation diagram. We then characterize localized and aperiodic distributions of vegetation gaps in terms of their snaking bifurcation diagram.
Inclusive Two-Gluon and Valence Quark-Gluon Production in DIS and pA
Creators: name: Jalilian-Marian, Jamal
name: Kovchegov, Yuri V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate production cross sections of a forward quark-gluon pair and of two gluons at mid-rapidity in Deep Inelastic Scattering and in high energy proton-nucleus collisions. The calculation is performed in the framework of the Color Glass Condensate formalism. We first calculate the cross sections in the quasi-classical approximation, which includes multiple rescatterings in the target. We then proceed to include the effects of non-linear small-x evolution in the production cross sections. It is interesting to note that our result for the two-gluon production cross section appears to be in direct violation of AGK cutting rules, which is the first example of such violation in QCD. The calculated quark-gluon and gluon-gluon production cross sections can be used to construct theoretical predictions for two-particle azimuthal correlations at RHIC and LHC (I^{p(d)A}) as well as for Deep Inelastic Scattering experiments at HERA and eRHIC.
description: 31 pages, 14 figures, v2: minor corrections and discussion on AGK violation added; v3: minor calculational errors corrected
Terahertz sensing of 7nm dielectric film with bound states in the continuum metasurfaces
Creators: name: Srivastava, Yogesh Kumar
name: Ako, Rajour Tanyi
name: Gupta, Manoj
name: Bhaskaran, Madhu
name: Sriram, Sharath
name: Singh, Ranjan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fingerprint spectral response of several materials with terahertz electromagnetic radiation indicates that terahertz technology is an effective tool for sensing applications. However, sensing few nanometer thin-film of dielectrics with much longer terahertz waves (1 THz = 0.3 mm) is challenging. Here, we demonstrate a quasi-bound state in the continuum (BIC) resonance for sensing of nanometer scale thin analyte deposited on a flexible metasurface. The large sensitivity originates from strong local field confinement of the quasi-BIC Fano resonance state and extremely low absorption loss of a low-index cyclic olefin copolymer substrate. A minimum thickness of 7 nm thin-film of germanium is sensed on the metasurface, which corresponds to a deep subwavelength length scale of λ/43000, where λ is the resonance wavelength. The low-loss, flexible and large mechanical strength of the quasi-BIC micro structured metamaterial sensor could be an ideal platform for developing ultrasensitive wearable terahertz sensors.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures
A combined analysis of short-baseline neutrino experiments in the (3+1) and (3+2) sterile neutrino oscillation hypotheses
Creators: name: Sorel, Michel
name: Conrad, Janet
name: Shaevitz, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate adding two sterile neutrinos to resolve the apparent tension existing between short-baseline neutrino oscillation results and CPT-conserving, four-neutrino oscillation models. For both (3+1) and (3+2) models, the level of statistical compatibility between the combined dataset from the null short-baseline experiments Bugey, CHOOZ, CCFR84, CDHS, KARMEN, and NOMAD, on the one hand; and the LSND dataset, on the other, is computed. A combined analysis of all seven short-baseline experiments, including LSND, is also performed, to obtain the favored regions in neutrino mass and mixing parameter space for both models. Finally, four statistical tests to compare the (3+1) and the (3+2) hypotheses are discussed. All tests show that (3+2) models fit the existing short-baseline data significantly better than (3+1) models.
description: 16 pages, 15 figures. Added NOMAD data to the analysis, one statistical test, and two figures. References and text added. Version submitted to PRD
Topological photonic crystal fibers and ring resonators
Creators: name: Pilozzi, Laura
name: Leykam, Daniel
name: Chen, Zhigang
name: Conti, Claudio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study photonic crystal fibers and ring resonators with topological features induced by Aubry- Andre-Harper modulations of the cladding. We find non trivial gaps and edge states at the interface between regions with different Chern numbers. We calculate the field profile and eigenvalue dispersion by an exact recursive approach. Compared with conventional circular resonators and fibers, the proposed structure features topological protection and hence robustness against symmetry-preserving local perturbations that do not close the gap. These topological photonic crystal fibers sustain strong field localization and energy concentration at a given radial distance. As topological light guiding and trapping devices, they may bring about many opportunities for both fundamentals and applications unachievable with conventional optical devices.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures
The New Fat Higgs: Slimmer and More Attractive
Creators: name: Chang, Spencer
name: Kilic, Can
name: Mahbubani, Rakhi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we increase the MSSM tree level higgs mass bound to a value that is naturally larger than the LEP-II search constraint by adding to the superpotential a $λS H_{u}H_{d}$ term, as in the NMSSM, and UV completing with new strong dynamics {\it before} $λ$ becomes non-perturbative. Unlike other models of this type the higgs fields remain elementary, alleviating the supersymmetric fine-tuning problem while maintaining unification in a natural way.
description: 14 pages and 2 figures. Added references and updated argument about constraints from reheating temperature
Increasing Cultural Awareness and Competency in a Community Hospital in Northwest Minnesota
Creators: name: Nyabwari, Gladys N
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

Background: Cultural competency is an essential component in the delivery of healthcare services in all sectors of health. Therefore, educating healthcare professionals on cultural competency requires understanding evidence-based studies, having the ability to translate these research findings to practice, and providing the resources to implement best practice in the work place. The process requires individuals to have cultural awareness and humility to be able to attain any given level of cultural competency. Purpose: To improve cultural awareness in a community hospital in Minnesota by implementing an on-going process that allows employees to both acquire knowledge and maintain their skills and ensure that their attitudes portray cultural awareness to the clients they serve. Conclusion: Cultural awareness is the beginning of cultural competency and is vital in providing holistic care to culturally diverse populations or patients. Developing skills in communication across cultural boundaries requires provision for opportunities for self-reflection as well as provision to gather knowledge firsthand. Inclusion of cultural competency programs in curriculums is essential as well as on-going education for the existing workforce.
The Local Hole in the Galaxy Distribution: Evidence from 2MASS
Creators: name: Frith, W. J.
name: Busswell, G. S.
name: Fong, R.
name: Metcalfe, N.
name: Shanks, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the bright galaxy counts from the 2 Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) second incremental release, two techniques for probing large-scale structure at distances of ~150 h-1 Mpc are investigated. First, we study the counts from two sets of six 5 degree by ~80 degree strips in the two galactic caps. In the six southern strips a deficit of ~30% was found relative to a predicted homogeneous distribution at K~11. These strips were also in good agreement with a model incorporating the radial density function of the southern 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS), which shows a deep underdensity between ~90 and 180 h-1 mpc. These results indicate a very large `local hole' in the Southern Galactic Cap (SGC) to >150 h-1 Mpc with a linear size across the sky of ~200 h-1 Mpc, but with a significantly lower mean underdensity of ~30% than that suggested by the bright APM SGC counts. The counts in the northern set of strips are low overall but indicate a more varied pattern. When all the available 2MASS data with |b|>30 were aggregated, they indicated underdensities of ~18% and ~30% at K~11 for the northern and southern areas respectively. Our second method uses the ratio of the counts with 11.38300 h-1 Mpc in the galaxy power spectrum.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures
Effect of second-order nonlinearity on quantum coherent oscillations in a quantum dot embedded in a doubly resonant semiconductor micro-cavity
Creators: name: Bhatt, Vijay
name: Jha, Pradip K.
name: Bhattacherjee, Aranya B
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quantum Rabi oscillations in a coherently driven quantum dot embedded in a high-Q doubly resonant semiconductor micro-cavity in the presence of a strong second-order nonlinear medium is investigated theoretically. It is shown that the second order nonlinearity effect the Rabi oscillations in a significant manner.
description: 5 pages
Measurement of Time-Dependent CP-Violating Asymmetries in B0 --> phi Ks0, K+ K- Ks0, and eta' Ks0 Decays
Creators: name: The Belle Collaboration
name: Abe, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an improved measurement of CP-violation parameters in B0 --> phi Ks0, K+ K- Ks0, and eta' Ks0 decays based on a 140 fb-1 data sample collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB energy-asymmetric e+e- collider. One neutral B meson is fully reconstructed in one of the specified decay channels, and the flavor of the accompanying B meson is identified from its decay products. CP-violation parameters for each of the three modes are obtained from the asymmetries in the distributions of the proper-time intervals between the two B decays. We find that the observed CP asymmetry in the B0 --> phi Ks0 decay differs from the standard model (SM) expectation by 3.5 standard deviations, while the other cases are consistent with the SM.
description: 10 pages, 4 postscript figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters, also contributed to the XXI International Symposium on Lepton and Photon Interactions at High Energies, Aug 11-16, 2003, Fermilab, Illinois USA
Quantum dynamics of scalar particles in the space-time of a cosmic string in the context of gravity's rainbow
Creators: name: Santos, L. C. N.
name: Mota, C. E.
name: Barros, C. C.
name: Castro, L. B.
name: Bezerra, V. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the dynamics of scalar particles in gravity's rainbow considering the space-time of a cosmic string in this modified gravity. Thus, we solve the Klein-Gordon equation for two types of potential in which two possible rainbow functions are selected. In all cases studied we obtain exact solutions for the wave equation, derive the energy spectrum, analyze it in detail and discuss the dependence of the results with the choice of the rainbow functions.
Radio detections of the neutron star X-ray binaries 4U 1820-30 and Ser X-1 in soft X-ray states
Creators: name: Migliari, S.
name: Fender, R. P.
name: Rupen, M.
name: Wachter, S.
name: Jonker, P. G.
name: Homan, J.
name: van der Klis, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the analysis of simultaneous X-ray (RXTE) and radio (VLA) observations of two atoll-type neutron star X-ray binaries: 4U 1820-30 and Ser X-1. Both sources were steadily in the soft (banana) X-ray state during the observations. We have detected the radio counterpart of 4U 1820-30 at 4.86 GHz and 8.46 GHz at a flux density of ~0.1 mJy. This radio source is positionally coincident with the radio pulsar PSR 1820-30A. However, the pulsar's radio emission falls rapidly with frequency (proportional to ν^(-3)) and we argue that the X-ray binary's radio emission is dominant above ~2 GHz. Supporting this interpretation, comparison with previous observations reveals variability at the higher radio frequencies that is likely to be due to the X-ray binary. We have detected for the first time the radio counterpart of Ser X-1 at 8.46 GHz, also at a flux density of ~0.1 mJy. The position of the radio counterpart has allowed us to unambiguously identify its optical counterpart. We briefly discuss similarities and differences between the disc-jet coupling in neutron star and black hole X-ray binaries. In particular, we draw attention to the fact that, contrary to other states, neutron star X-ray binaries seem to be more radio loud than persistent black hole candidates when the emission is 'quenched' in the soft state.
description: accepted for publication in MNRAS
Speeding Up Dark Matter With Solar Neutrinos
Creators: name: Zhang, Yue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a novel mechanism of using solar neutrinos to speed up dark matter, inspired by the fact that neutrinos are the most energetic particles from the Sun with a well-understood spectrum. In a neutrino portal dark sector model, we show that dark matter with sub-GeV mass could be accelerated by the $pp$ neutrinos to velocities well above $10^{-3}c$ and capable of depositing large enough energy at direct detection experiments. A crucial ingredient of this mechanism is the dissociation of stable dark matter bound states that exist in Nature. The resulting dark matter velocity distribution bears a strong resemblance in shape to the solar neutrino spectrum. As an application, we derive a leading limit on light dark matter interaction by reinterpreting a recent PICO experiment result.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures. Final version to appear in PTEP
Analysing kinematic data from recreational runners using functional data analysis
Creators: name: Gunning, Edward
name: Golovkine, Steven
name: Simpkin, Andrew J.
name: Burke, Aoife
name: Dillon, Sarah
name: Gore, Shane
name: Moran, Kieran
name: O’Connor, Siobhan
name: White, Enda
name: Bargary, Norma
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 49
subject: Mathematical sciences

description: We present a multivariate functional mixed effects model for kinematic data from a large number of recreational runners. The runners’ sagittal plane hip and knee angles are modelled jointly as a bivariate function with random effects functions accounting for the dependence among bilateral measurements. The model is fitted by applying multivariate functional principal component analysis (mv-FPCA) and modelling the mv-FPCA scores using scalar linear mixed effects models. Simulation and bootstrap approaches are introduced to construct simultaneous confidence bands for the fixed effects functions, and covariance functions are reconstructed to summarise the variability structure in the data and thoroughly investigate the suit?ability of the proposed model. In our scientific application, we observe a statistically significant effect of running speed on both joints. We observe strong within-subject correlations, reflecting the highly idiosyncratic nature of running technique. Our approach is applicable to modelling multiple streams of smooth biomechanical data collected in complex experimental designs.
Additional file of Comparative transcriptomics of drought responses in Populus: a meta-analysis of genome-wide expression profiling in mature leaves and root apices across two genotypes
Creators: name: Cohen, David
name: Marie-Béatrice Bogeat-Triboulot
name: Tisserant, Emilie
name: Balzergue, Sandrine
name: Marie-Laure Martin-Magniette
name: Lelandais, Gaëlle
name: Ningre, Nathalie
name: Renou, Jean-Pierre
name: Jean-Philippe Tamby
name: Thiec, Didier Le
name: Hummel, Irène
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file of Comparative transcriptomics of drought responses in Populus: a meta-analysis of genome-wide expression profiling in mature leaves and root apices across two genotypes