cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Can the conductance of an adiabatic ballistic constriction be lower than $2e^2/h$?
Creators: name: Liang, C. -T.
name: Tkachenko, O. A.
name: Tkachenko, V. A.
name: Baksheyev, D. G.
name: Simmons, M. Y.
name: Ritchie, D. A.
name: Pepper, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have performed four-terminal conductance measurements of a one-dimensional (1D) channel in which it is possible to modulate the potential profile using three overlaying finger gates. In such a 1D ballistic structure we have observed, {\em for the first time,} that the conductance steps show a gradual decrease from $2e^2/h$ to $0.97 \times 2e^2/h$ with increasing negative finger gate voltage in a short, clean 1D constriction. We suggest this phenomenon is due to differing shifts of 1D subbands with changing spilt-gate voltage. Both a simple analytical estimate for an adiabatic constriction and, realistic modeling of the device, give the same magnitude of the conductance decrease as observed in our experiments.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures. Our results show that a deviation from the quantized value $2e^2/h$ is possible even in a clean short ballistic constriction
From 2-sequents and Linear Nested Sequents to Natural Deduction for Normal Modal Logics
Creators: name: Martini, Simone
name: Masini, Andrea
name: Zorzi, Margherita
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.4.1
subject: 03B22, 03B45, 03F05

description: We extend to natural deduction the approach of Linear Nested Sequents and of 2-sequents. Formulas are decorated with a spatial coordinate, which allows a formulation of formal systems in the original spirit of natural deduction -- only one introduction and one elimination rule per connective, no additional (structural) rule, no explicit reference to the accessibility relation of the intended Kripke models. We give systems for the normal modal logics from K to S4. For the intuitionistic versions of the systems, we define proof reduction, and prove proof normalization, thus obtaining a syntactical proof of consistency. For logics K and K4 we use existence predicates (following Scott) for formulating sound deduction rules.
Additional file 3 of Generalizability of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors cardiovascular outcome trials to the type 2 diabetes population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Castellana, Marco
name: Procino, Filippo
name: Sardone, Rodolfo
name: Trimboli, Pierpaolo
name: Giannelli, Gianluigi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. Enrollment criteria for sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors cardiovascular outcome trials.
A Dynamic Characterization of Efficiency
Creators: name: Stefanou, Spiro E.
name: Stefanou, Spiro E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Production Economics

description: The definition and measurement of dynamic economic performance has been addressed obliquely in the literature with the notions of scope economies and capacity utilization measures, but little work has focused on develop the static theory analogs of efficiency measures into the dynamic context. This paper is an attempt to identify some of the conceptual and methodological issues to be addressed. A model allowing for dynamic production decisions in the face of inefficiency is presented to illustrate some of the issues and the extensions necessary to identify truly dynamic performance measures.
International Consumption Patterns for Proteins and Fats: Intra-distributional Mobility and the Role of Income Elasticity
Creators: name: Fousekis, Panos
name: Fousekis, Panos
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Nutrient Intakes
subject: Stochastic Kernels

description: Stochastic kernels are used in this paper to investigate intra-distribution dynamics in the world per capita intakes of proteins and fats. The analysis of actual transitions over the last 40 years indicates that lagging countries improved their position relative to the leading. Long-run (steady-state) distributions have been obtained using estimated intake change models. These distributions have been compared to “virtual” ones revealing that the income elasticity of demand or equivalently the rate of growth in per capita income does have a strong influence on the dispersion of intakes at the steady-state.
Multidimensional Consensus model on a Barabasi-Albert network
Creators: name: Jacobmeier, Dirk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A Consensus Model according to Deffuant on a directed Barabasi-Albert network was simulated. Agents have opinions on different subjects. A multi-component subject vector was used. The opinions are discrete. The analysis regards distribution and clusters of agents which are on agreement in the opinions of the subjects. Remarkable results are on the one hand, that there mostly exists no absolute consens. It determines depending on the ratio of number of agents to the number of subjects, whether the communication ends in a consens or a pluralism. Mostly a second robust cluster remains, in its size depending on the number of subjects. Two agents agree either in (nearly) all or (nearly) no subject. The operative parameter of the consens-formating-process is the tolerance in change of views of the group-members.
description: 14 pages including all 10 figures, for IJMPC 16, issue 4
The in vitro and in silico investigations on the α-amylase inhibitor derived from Leptadenia lanceolata (Poir.) Goyder leaf extract
Creators: name: Adam, Salman Abubakar
name: Barthelomai, Infant Santhose
name: S, Subhash Bharathi
name: Kayali, Alaa
name: Gopal, Rajesh Kanna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: An attempt has been made to assess the α-amylase inhibitory activity of a phytochemical compound extracted and purified from the leaf extract of Leptadenia lanceolata. The total yield of the crude leaf extract was 11.42% and among the different solvents involved in this study, hexane and ethyl acetate at 7:3 was effective in the separation of phytochemical compounds. Hexane and ethyl acetate at 25:75% ratios (elution S4) were found greater in inhibiting α-amylase enzyme (83%). The most abundant compound found was Phytol (3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol) and its derivatives. It resulted that the binding energy for acarbose and phytol were −8.1 kcal/mol and −5.9 kcal/mol respectively. However, the binding affinity was greater in the case of acarbose than phytol and the binding sites are different for both the ligands. Therefore, this study adds scientific evidence of the α-amylase inhibitory activity of phytol derived from the leaf extract of L. lanceolata.
Lissodelphys guadeloupensis Kim & Boxshall 2020, gen. et sp. nov.
Creators: name: Kim, Il-Hoi
name: Boxshall, Geoff A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Copepoda
Cyclopoida
Notodelphyidae
Lissodelphys
Lissodelphys guadeloupensis

description: Lissodelphys guadeloupensis gen. et sp. nov.
(Fig. 425)
Typematerial. Holotype (intact ♀, MNHN-IU-2014-21448) and dissected paratypes (2 ♀♀, figured) from Lissoclinum fragile (Van Name, 1902), Fajou Island, Guadeloupe, depth 0-4 m, Monniot coll., 18 December 1980.
Etymology. The name of the new species is based on the type locality, Guadeloupe.
Descriptionoffemale. Body (Fig. 425A) vermiform, elongate, cylindrical,and unsegmented,taperinganteriorly and posteriorly. Body length 5.5 mm; greatest body width 0.61 mm. Bodysurface smooth, unornamented, without wrinkles. Urosome not defined (Fig. 425C); posterior end of body bilobed with median (anal) incision. Copulatory pore and genital apparatus visible in posterior region of body (Fig. 425C).
Rostrum (Fig. 425B) distinct, longerthanwide, with rounded distal margin. Antennule (Fig. 425D) small, unsegmented, lobate, aslongas wide, with 11 small setae of equal length. Antenna (Fig. 425E) 2-segmented, unarmed, consistingof coxobasis and unsegmented endopod; endopod slightly shorter than basis; terminal claw small, aboutone-thirdaslongas endopod.
Labrum not visible. Mandible (Fig. 425F) consisting of coxa and biramous palp; coxa with narrow, elongate gnathobase with simple, pectinate (spinulose) medial margin: palp unsegmented; short outer lobe (exopod) with 4 setae; longer inner lobe (basis plus endopod) with 2 traces of articulations onouter sideand armedwith 5 setae, grouped 1, 1, and 3. Maxillule (Fig. 425G) incompletely 2-segmented; first segment (precoxa) bearing 2 setae onmedial margin; secondsegment (palp) indistinctly biramous with 3 setae on each ramus, medial seta of inner ramus distinctly shorter than other 5 setae. Maxilla (Fig. 425H) unsegmented, tapering, with 5 setae grouped as 2, 2, and 1. Maxilliped (Fig. 425I) as small lobe bearing 3 equal setae apically. All setae on mouthparts naked. Legs absent.
Male. Unknown.
Remarks. The incompletely 2-segmented maxillule armed with 8 setae is characteristic for this new species.
description: Published as part of Kim, Il-Hoi & Boxshall, Geoff A., 2020, Untold diversity: the astonishing species richness of the Notodelphyidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida), a family of symbiotic copepods associated with ascidians (Tunicata), pp. 1-6 in Megataxa 4 (1) on page 628, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.4.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4591138
Parametric Measurement of Time-Varying Technical Inefficiency: Results from Competing Models
Creators: name: Karagiannis, Giannis
name: Tzouvelekas, Vangelis
name: Karagiannis, Giannis
name: Tzouvelekas, Vangelis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: This paper provides an empirical comparison of time-varying technical inefficiency measures obtained from the econometric estimation of different specifications of the stochastic production frontier model. Specifically, ten different frontier model specifications, which are most widely used in empirical applications, are estimated using a balanced panel data set from the Greek olive-oil sector, consisting of 100 farms observed during 1987-93 period. The empirical results indicate that both the magnitude and individual ranking of technical efficiency estimates differs considerably across models.
Maximum refractive index of an atomic medium
Creators: name: Andreoli, Francesco
name: Gullans, Michael J.
name: High, Alexander A.
name: Browaeys, Antoine
name: Chang, Darrick E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is interesting to observe that all optical materials with a positive refractive index have a value of index that is of order unity. Surprisingly, though, a deep understanding of the mechanisms that lead to this universal behavior seems to be lacking. Moreover, this observation is difficult to reconcile with the fact that a single, isolated atom is known to have a giant optical response, as characterized by a resonant scattering cross section that far exceeds its physical size. Here, we theoretically and numerically investigate the evolution of the optical properties of an ensemble of ideal atoms as a function of density, starting from the dilute gas limit, including the effects of multiple scattering and near-field interactions. Interestingly, despite the giant response of an isolated atom, we find that the maximum index does not indefinitely grow with increasing density, but rather reaches a limiting value $n\approx 1.7$. We propose an explanation based upon strong-disorder renormalization group theory, in which the near-field interaction combined with random atomic positions results in an inhomogeneous broadening of atomic resonance frequencies. This mechanism ensures that regardless of the physical atomic density, light at any given frequency only interacts with at most a few near-resonant atoms per cubic wavelength, thus limiting the maximum index attainable. Our work is a promising first step to understand the limits of refractive index from a bottom-up, atomic physics perspective, and also introduces renormalization group as a powerful tool to understand the generally complex problem of multiple scattering of light overall.
description: 17 pages, 8 figures
Additional file 4 of Generalizability of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors cardiovascular outcome trials to the type 2 diabetes population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Castellana, Marco
name: Procino, Filippo
name: Sardone, Rodolfo
name: Trimboli, Pierpaolo
name: Giannelli, Gianluigi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 4. Enrollment criteria evaluated in each study.
O'SIMLIKLARNING RADIATSIYAGA CHIDAMLILIGI
Creators: name: Atamuratov, Bekmurat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Radiatsiya (lot. radiation-nurlanish) – yadroviy o‘zgarishlar oqibatida  vujudga keladigan elektromagnit va korpuskulyar nurlanishlar, quyosh nurlanishi,  kosmik nurlar oqimlari. Radiatsiyaning tirik organizmga ta’siri radiatsiya dozasi  bilan belgilanadi va u rentgen (r) bilan o‘lchanadi. Radiatsiya miqdori singuvchi  radiatsiya va boshqa radioaktiv nurlanishlarning shikastlovchi ta’siriga bog‘liq.  Bir kunda 20 r gacha radiatsiya kishi organizmi uchun xavfsiz doza hisoblanadi.  Bundan ortiq miqdordagi radiatsiya organizmdagi to‘qimalarni shikastlab, kishini  nurlanish kasalligiga mubtalo qiladi. Radiatsiya dozasi dozimetrik asboblar  yordamida o‘lchanadi. Radioaktiv modda (nurlar, neytronlar va b.)  va boshqa ionlovchi nurlanish manba (rentgen qurilma)lari bilan ishlaganda, ularning zararlovchi dozasini xavfsiz nurlanish dozasigacha kamaytirish uchun  tadbirlar kompleksi ishlab chiqilgan.
Quantum spin chains with site dissipation
Creators: name: Werner, Philipp
name: Troyer, Matthias
name: Sachdev, Subir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use Monte Carlo simulations to study chains of Ising- and XY-spins with dissipation coupling to the site variables. The phase diagram and critical exponents of the dissipative Ising chain in a transverse magnetic field have been computed previously, and here we consider a universal ratio of susceptibilities. We furthermore present the phase diagram and exponents of the dissipative XY-chain, which exhibits a second order phase transition. All our results compare well with the predictions from a dissipative $ϕ^4$ field theory.
Triangle singularity as the origin of $X_0(2900)$ and $X_1(2900)$ observed in $B^+\to D^+ D^- K^+$
Creators: name: Liu, Xiao-Hai
name: Yan, Mao-Jun
name: Ke, Hong-Wei
name: Li, Gang
name: Xie, Ju-Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The LHCb collaboration reported the observation of a narrow peak in the $D^- K^+$ invariant mass distributions from the $B^+\to D^+ D^- K^+$ decay. The peak is parameterized in terms of two resonances $X_0(2900)$ and $X_1(2900)$ with the quark contents $\bar{c}\bar{s}ud$, and their spin-parity quantum numbers are $0^+$ and $1^-$, respectively. We investigate the rescattering processes which may contribute to the $B^+\to D^+ D^- K^+$ decays. It is shown that the $D^{*-}K^{*+}$ rescattering via the $χ_{c1}K^{*+}D^{*-}$ loop or the $\bar{D}_{1}^{0}K^{0}$ rescattering via the $D_{sJ}^{+}\bar{D}_{1}^{0}K^{0}$ loop simulate the $X_0(2900)$ and $X_1(2900)$ structures. Such phenomena are due to the analytical property of the scattering amplitudes with the triangle singularities located to the vicinity of the physical boundary.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
Understanding the Adoption of Cotton Biotechnologies in the US: Firm Level Evidence
Creators: name: Suntornpithug, Pasu
name: Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas G.
name: Suntornpithug, Pasu
name: Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: Industrial Organization

description: By most measures, adoption of first generation crop biotechnologies in the United States and elsewhere has been extremely fast. Yet, only modest research effort has been devoted to understanding why producers in different parts of the world have adopted these technologies at such rapid rates. In this paper, we analyze producer decisions on whether to adopt three separate cotton biotechnologies in the US and to what extent. We find that US cotton producers tend to choose bundles of conventional technologies, agrobiotechnologies and relevant agronomic practices out of many possible ones. Hence, their behavior is characterized by multiple simultaneous and interdependent adoption decisions. Furthermore, US cotton producers partially adopt one or more of the biotechnologies, probably, as a way of optimizing their use through “learning by doing” thereby incorporating complex dynamic considerations in their decision process. By most measures, adoption of first generation crop biotechnologies in the United States and elsewhere has been extremely fast. Yet, only modest research effort has been devoted to understanding why producers in different parts of the world have adopted these technologies at such rapid rates. In this paper, we analyze producer decisions on whether to adopt three separate cotton biotechnologies in the US and to what extent. We find that US cotton producers tend to choose bundles of conventional technologies, agrobiotechnologies and relevant agronomic practices out of many possible ones. Hence, their behavior is characterized by multiple simultaneous and interdependent adoption decisions. Furthermore, US cotton producers partially adopt one or more of the biotechnologies, probably, as a way of optimizing their use through “learning by doing” thereby incorporating complex dynamic considerations in their decision process.
A Survey of Greek Agricultural E-Markets
Creators: name: Manouselis, Nikos
name: Konstantas, A.
name: Palavitsinis, N.
name: Costopoulou, Constantina
name: Sideridis, Alexander B.
name: Manouselis, Nikos
name: Konstantas, A.
name: Palavitsinis, N.
name: Costopoulou, Constantina
name: Sideridis, Alexander B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Internet
subject: e-commerce
subject: e-markets
subject: agriculture
subject: agri-food sector
subject: survey

description: The role that information technology plays in today’s business activities has led to an increase in firms using and/or deploying e-markets online. This development undoubtedly affects the agri-food sector, since a large number of agricultural firms are demonstrating or are expected to demonstrate e-commerce activities. This paper aims to provide an overview of the current status of agricultural e-markets in Greece, by presenting results from an analysis of 100 cases. Results indicate that Greek e-markets may still have a rather low degree of sophistication, but they demonstrate a strong B2B orientation, as well as an outreach for international customer bases.
On-Chip Spin-Orbit Controlled Excitation of Quantum Emitters Coupled to Hybrid Plasmonic Nanocircuits
Creators: name: Kan, Y. H.
name: Kumar, Shailesh
name: Ding, Fei
name: Zhao, C. Y.
name: Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: On-chip realization of complex photonic functionalities is essential for further progress in planar integrated nanophotonics, especially when involving nonclassical light sources such as quantum emitters (QEs). Hybrid plasmonic nanocircuits integrated with QEs have been attracting considerable attention due to the prospects of significantly enhancing QE emission rates and miniaturizing quantum nanophotonic components. Spin-orbit interactions on subwavelength scales have been increasingly explored in both conventional and quantum nanophotonics for realization and utilization of the spin-dependent flow of light. Here, we propose and realize a dielectric-loaded plasmonic nanocircuit consisting of an achiral spin-orbit coupler for unidirectional routing of pump radiation into branched QE-integrated waveguides. We demonstrate experimentally the circular-polarization controlled coupling of 532-nm pump laser light into polymer-loaded branched waveguides followed by the excitation of spatially separated (by a distance of ~ 10 μm) QEs, nanodiamonds, with multiple nitrogen vacancy centres, that are embedded in and efficiently coupled to the corresponding waveguides. The realization of on-chip spin-orbit controlled excitation of different QEs coupled to branched waveguides opens new avenues for designing complex quantum plasmonic nanocircuits exploiting the spin degree of freedom within chiral quantum nanophotonics.
Near-duplicate video detection featuring coupled temporal and perceptual visual structures and logical inference based matching
Creators: name: Tahayna, B.
name: Belkhatir, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose in this paper an architecture for near-duplicate video detection based on: (i) index and query signature based structures integrating temporal and perceptual visual features and (ii) a matching framework computing the logical inference between index and query documents. As far as indexing is concerned, instead of concatenating low-level visual features in high-dimensional spaces which results in curse of dimensionality and redundancy issues, we adopt a perceptual symbolic representation based on color and texture concepts. For matching, we propose to instantiate a retrieval model based on logical inference through the coupling of an N-gram sliding window process and theoretically-sound lattice-based structures. The techniques we cover are robust and insensitive to general video editing and/or degradation, making it ideal for re-broadcasted video search. Experiments are carried out on large quantities of video data collected from the TRECVID 02, 03 and 04 collections and real-world video broadcasts recorded from two German TV stations. An empirical comparison over two state-of-the-art dynamic programming techniques is encouraging and demonstrates the advantage and feasibility of our method.
Profit Sharing under the Threat of Nationalization
Creators: name: Di Corato, Luca
name: Di Corato, Luca
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Real Options
subject: Nash Bargaining
subject: Expropriation
subject: Natural Resources
subject: Foreign Direct Investment

description: A multinational corporation engages in foreign direct investment for the extraction of a natural resource in a developing country. The corporation bears the initial investment and earns as a return a share of the profits. The host country provides access and guarantees conditions of operation. Since the investment is totally sunk, the corporation must account in its plan not only for uncertainty in market conditions but also for the threat of nationalization. In a real options framework, where the government holds an American call option on nationalization, we show under which conditions a Nash bargaining leads to a profit distribution maximizing the joint venture surplus. We find that the threat of nationalization does not affect the investment threshold but only the Nash bargaining solution set. Finally, we show that the optimal sharing rule results from the way the two parties may differently trade of rents with option values.
AJPL_L-00048-2021_Supplement_Revised_clean
Creators: name: Hadzic, Stefan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 60603 Animal Physiology - Systems
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: AJPL_L-00048-2021_Supplement_Revised_clean
Process engineering and characterization of composite electrocoatings
Creators: name: Chen, Michael Nai-Chia
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Electrocoating (E-coat) has conventionally been used primarily for corrosion protection purposes as a barrier coating beneath the primer of the automobile body. For E-coat to be used as a long term solution for outdoor equipment barrier protection, mechanical properties such as abrasion/wear, scratch and hardness must be improved. In this work we assess the possibility of such improvement of E-coatings by combining them with ceramic particles. The effects of ceramic filler particle size and concentration, along with deposition parameters and processing procedures on the properties of epoxy cathodic barrier coating have been investigated. The deposition voltage was varied from 100 to 300 volts with various filler (α-AI₂O₃) concentrations of 0 - 30 vol% and particle size of 0.3 - 5 μm. The effect of the filler was also tested in an electrochemical cell in order to foresee corrosion resistance variations due to different concentrations of filler in the coating. Other possible applications were also investigated to utilize the composite E-coat processing to create a functional coating with transducer like effects. The ceramic filler content was observed to improve mechanical properties such as hardness, scratch resistance and wear. Mechanical properties showed a decline at higher concentration of filler (> 10 vol%) due to lower resin content, which increased filler-to-filler interactions. The thickness of the deposited films increased with increased filler concentration and deposition voltage, with filler concentration having a greater effect on the deposited film thickness. Large filler particle size (3-5 μm) was observed to deteriorate the film's mechanical properties when compared to a smaller filler particle (0.3-0.5 μm). The filler-film interface showed homogeneous bonding and encapsulation of the filler particles, resulting in excellent adhesion of 68-82 MPa along with improved corrosion resistance with increased filler content in the film up to 10 vol% filler. A functional composite film was also deposited by adding piezoelectric ceramic powders within E-coatings. A hysteresis loop was observed during testing showing poling during deposition. Resonance and anti-resonance frequencies were found to be 3.90x10⁷ Hz and 3.80x10⁷ Hz respectively. This demonstrates that the composite E-coat process is a viable method of manufacturing low cost and large area coverage thin film sensors and actuators.
A New Approach to Canonical Quantization of the Radiation Damping
Creators: name: Mendes, A. C. R.
name: Neves, C.
name: Oliveira, W.
name: Takakura, F. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inspired in some works about quantization of dissipative systems, in particular of the damped harmonic oscillator\cite{MB,RB,12}, we consider the dissipative system of a charge interacting with its own radiation, which originates the radiation damping (RD). Using the indirect Lagrangian representation we obtained a Lagrangian formalism with a Chern-Simons-like term. A Hamiltonian analysis is also done, what leads to the quantization of the system.
description: 5 pages
Relative Acceleration Noise Mitigation for Nanocrystal Matter-wave Interferometry: Application to Entangling Masses via Quantum Gravity
Creators: name: Toroš, Marko
name: van de Kamp, Thomas W.
name: Marshman, Ryan J.
name: Kim, M. S.
name: Mazumdar, Anupam
name: Bose, Sougato
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
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: Matter wave interferometers with large momentum transfers, irrespective of specific implementations, will face a universal dephasing due to relative accelerations between the interferometric mass and the associated apparatus. Here we propose a solution that works even without actively tracking the relative accelerations: putting both the interfering mass and its associated apparatus in a freely falling capsule, so that the strongest inertial noise components vanish due to the equivalence principle. In this setting, we investigate two of the most important remaining noise sources: (a) the non-inertial jitter of the experimental setup and (b) the gravity-gradient noise. We show that the former can be reduced below desired values by appropriate pressures and temperatures, while the latter can be fully mitigated in a controlled environment. We finally apply the analysis to a recent proposal for testing the quantum nature of gravity [S. Bose et. al. Phys. Rev. Lett 119, 240401 (2017)] through the entanglement of two masses undergoing interferometry. We show that the relevant entanglement witnessing is feasible with achievable levels of relative acceleration noise.
description: 16 pages, 5 figures; accepted for publication in Physical Review Research
Propagation of Modelling Uncertainties for Seismic Risk Assessment: The Effect of Sampling Techniques on Low-Rise Non-Ductile RC Frames
Creators: name: Miano, Andrea
name: Ebrahimian, Hossein
name: Jalayer, Fatemeh
name: Vamvatsikos, Dimitrios
name: Prota, Andrea
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Quantifying the impact of modelling uncertainty on seismic performance assessment of existing buildings is non-trivial when considering the partial information available on material properties, construction details, and the uncertainty in the capacity models. This task is further complicated when uncertainty related to ground motion representation is considered. To address this issue, record-to-record variability, uncertainties in structural model parameters, and fragility model parameters due to limited sample size are propagated herein by employing a nonlinear dynamic analysis procedure based on recorded ground motions. A one-to-one sampling approach is adopted in which each recorded ground motion is paired up with a different structural model realization. Uncertainty propagation is explored by measuring the impact of different sampling techniques, such as Monte Carlo simulation with standard random sampling and Latin Hypercube sampling (with Simulated Annealing) in the presence of three alternative nonlinear dynamic analysis procedures: Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA), Modified Cloud Analysis (MCA), and Cloud to IDA (a highly efficient IDA-like procedure). This is all illustrated through application to an existing reinforced-concrete school building in southern Italy. It is shown that with a small subset of records, both MCA and Cloud to IDA can provide reliable structural fragility (and risk) estimates for three considered limit states, comparable to the results of more resource-intensive schemes.
The Impact of Food Away from Home on Adult Diet Quality
Creators: name: Todd, Jessica E.
name: Mancino, Lisa
name: Lin, Biing-Hwan
name: Todd, Jessica E.
name: Mancino, Lisa
name: Lin, Biing-Hwan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: Food away from home (FAFH)
subject: diet quality
subject: 2005 Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2005)
subject: fixed-effects
subject: first-difference
subject: Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII)
subject: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

description: Food away from home (FAFH) has been associated with poor diet quality in many studies. It is difficult, however, to measure the effect of FAFH on diet quality since many unobserved factors, such as food preferences and time constraints, influence not just our choice of where to eat but also the nutritional quality of what we eat. Using data from 1994-96 and 2003-04, this study applies fixed-effects estimation to control for such unobservable influences and finds that, for the average adult, FAFH increases daily caloric intake and reduces diet quality. The effects vary depending on which meals are consumed away from home. On average, breakfast away from home decreases the number of servings of whole grains and dairy consumed per 1,000 calories and increases the percent of calories from saturated and solid fat, alcohol, and added sugar (SoFAAS) in a day. Dinner away from home reduces the number of servings of vegetables consumed per 1,000 calories for the average adult. Breakfast and lunch away from home increase calories from saturated fat and SoFAAS on average more among dieters than among nondieters. Some of the overall negative dietary effects decreased between 1994-96 and 2003-04, including those on whole grain, sodium, and vegetable consumption.
Stopping Criterion Design for Recursive Bayesian Classification: Analysis and Decision Geometry
Creators: name: Kocanaogullari, Aziz
name: Akcakaya, Murat
name: Erdogmus, Deniz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Systems that are based on recursive Bayesian updates for classification limit the cost of evidence collection through certain stopping/termination criteria and accordingly enforce decision making. Conventionally, two termination criteria based on pre-defined thresholds over (i) the maximum of the state posterior distribution; and (ii) the state posterior uncertainty are commonly used. In this paper, we propose a geometric interpretation over the state posterior progression and accordingly we provide a point-by-point analysis over the disadvantages of using such conventional termination criteria. For example, through the proposed geometric interpretation we show that confidence thresholds defined over maximum of the state posteriors suffer from stiffness that results in unnecessary evidence collection whereas uncertainty based thresholding methods are fragile to number of categories and terminate prematurely if some state candidates are already discovered to be unfavorable. Moreover, both types of termination methods neglect the evolution of posterior updates. We then propose a new stopping/termination criterion with a geometrical insight to overcome the limitations of these conventional methods and provide a comparison in terms of decision accuracy and speed. We validate our claims using simulations and using real experimental data obtained through a brain computer interfaced typing system.
Farm Household Well-Being: Comparing Consumption- and Income-Based Measures
Creators: name: Jones, Carol Adaire
name: Milkove, Daniel
name: Paszkiewicz, Laura
name: Jones, Carol Adaire
name: Milkove, Daniel
name: Paszkiewicz, Laura
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: household consumption
subject: household income
subject: household well-being measures
subject: farm households
subject: self-employed households
subject: permanent income
subject: permanent income hypothesis.

description: Household economic well-being can be gauged by the financial resources (income/ wealth) available to the household or by the standard of living enjoyed by household members (consumption). Based on responses to USDA’s annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), a joint effort by the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, ERS has long published estimates of farm household income and wealth. This report presents, for the first time, estimates of consumption-based measures of well-being for farm households based on new questions in ARMS. The consumption measure provides a different perspective from income or wealth on farm households’ well-being relative to that of all U.S. households.
Small Farms in the United States: Persistence Under Pressure
Creators: name: Hoppe, Robert A.
name: MacDonald, James M.
name: Korb, Penelope J.
name: Hoppe, Robert A.
name: MacDonald, James M.
name: Korb, Penelope J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Family farms
subject: farm businesses
subject: farm financial performance
subject: farm-operator household income
subject: farm operators
subject: farm structure
subject: noncommercial farms
subject: small farms
subject: small commercial farms

description: Ninety-one percent of U.S. farms are classified as small—gross cash farm income (GCFI) of less than $250,000. About 60 percent of these small farms are very small, generating GCFI of less than $10,000. These very small noncommercial farms, in some respects, exist independently of the farm economy because their operators rely heavily on off-farm income. The remaining small farms—small commercial farms—account for most small-farm production. Overall farm production, however, continues to shift to larger operations, while the number of small commercial farms and their share of sales maintain a long-term decline. The shift to larger farms will continue to be gradual, because some small commercial farms are profitable and others are willing to accept losses.
GQ Lup and its common proper motion companion
Creators: name: Mugrauer, M.
name: Neuhaeuser, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, Neuhaeuser et al. (2005) presented evidence for a sub-stellar, common proper motion companion to GQ Lup. With two theoretical mass estimates, both below the Deuterium burning minimum mass limit, the companion is probably a planet imaged directly. We present here a more detailed astrometric analysis of the GQ Lup system, using all the (different) proper motions published for the primary. The common proper motion is significant in all cases, also when taking into account the error in parallax or distance (140 +- 50 pc). When using the weighted mean, the significance for common proper motion of GQ Lup and its companion is 7 + 4 sigma for no change in separation plus 8 sigma for no change in position angle. We also discuss the question, whether GQ Lup and its common-proper motion companion are not bound, but share the same or similar proper motion as two independent members of the Lupus T association, which is a moving group, where most members should have the same motion anyway. Given our discussion, this hypothesis can be rejected by several sigma: The probability to find by chance an L-dwarf fainter than Ks = 14 mag within 0.7325 arcsec with (almost) the same proper motion of GQ Lup is only < 3 10^{-10}. The orbital motion of the system is not yet detected (1.4 +- 2.2 mas/yr), but is probably smaller than the escape velocity (5.3 +- 2.1 mas/yr), so that the system may well be gravitationally bound and stable. This is different for the 2MASSWJ1207334-393254 system, as we also show.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures
C&T e I para a produção agropecuária brasileira: mensurando e qualificando gastos públicos
Creators: name: Batalha, Mario Otavio
name: Chaves, Gisele De Lorena Diniz
name: Souza Filho, Hildo Meirelles De
name: Batalha, Mario Otavio
name: Chaves, Gisele De Lorena Diniz
name: Souza Filho, Hildo Meirelles De
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agribusiness
subject: technological innovation
subject: technology.

description: Few researches in Brazil have undertaken the issue of quantification and qualification of public expenditure in S&T and Innovation devoted to agriculture and livestock. This paper presents an innovative evaluation and provides inedited information for public and private decision makers. Expenditure undertook by 48 Brazilian research organizations was evaluated. This set of organizations comprised the universe of federal and state institutes and agencies, as well as some other non-profit organizations, which gave support to research in agriculture and livestock. The results showed that the role played by Embrapa is of primary importance to the National System of Agricultural Research. Some deficiencies and barriers to scientific and technological development in this sector are also revealed. Expenditure allocation in this area should consider the results presented in this paper.
ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION IN CENTRAL ASIA: CURRENT PRACTICES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Creators: name: Istamova, Dilafruz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: In recent years, complications caused by these restrictions to organ transplantation have forced hundreds of people to fly to other nations such as Turkey, India, or Israel for this process, where they have encountered some more serious issues. This demonstrates the gravity of the situation. Not only are the challenges of organ transplantation in the country addressed in this book, but a variety of remedies are presented to alleviate these problems, and legislative papers are studied and assessed.
Additional file 1 of Factors influencing delivery of intersectoral actions to address infant stunting in Bogotá, Colombia – a mixed methods case study
Creators: name: Botero-Tovar, Natalia
name: Zuluaga, Gina Paola Arocha
name: Varela, Andrea Ramírez
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1.
Educação, concentração fundiária e desigualdade de rendimentos no meio rural brasileiro
Creators: name: Ney, Marlon Gomes
name: Hoffmann, Rodolfo
name: Ney, Marlon Gomes
name: Hoffmann, Rodolfo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: income
subject: human capital
subject: physical capital
subject: rural
subject: Brazil.

description: The paper analyses the effects of rural income determinants, in particular of human capital and physical capital. Besides the earnings equation estimated for persons occupied in agriculture, the paper also analyzes earnings regressions for persons occupied in the industry and service sectors. The results show that physical capital is the main determinant of earnings in Brazilian agriculture, but schooling is the most important determinant of earnings for persons occupied in rural non-farm activities and for all persons living in rural areas.
Low-energy quasiparticle states at superconductor-CDW interfaces
Creators: name: Bobkova, I. V.
name: Barash, Yu. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quasiparticle bound states are found theoretically on transparent interfaces of d-wave superconductors (dSC) with charge density wave solids (CDW), as well as s-wave superconductors (sSC) with d-density waves (DDW). These bound states represent a combined effect of Andreev reflection from the superconducting side and an unconventional quasiparticle Q-reflection from the density wave solid. If the order parameter for a density wave state is much less than the Fermi energy, bound states with almost zero energy take place for an arbitrary orientation of symmetric interfaces. For larger values of the order parameter, dispersionless zero-energy states are found only on (110) interfaces. Two dispersive energy branches of subgap quasiparticle states are obtained for (100) symmetric interfaces. Andreev low-energy bound states, taking place in junctions with CDW or DDW interlayers, result in anomalous junction properties, in particular, the low-temperature behavior of the Josephson critical current.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures
Um estudo das deliberações da Câmara Setorial do Açúcar e do Álcool, usando análise de correspondência
Creators: name: Goncalves Junior, Carlos Alberto
name: Alves, Yony Brugnolo
name: Shikida, Pery Francisco Assis
name: Staduto, Jefferson Andronio Ramundo
name: Freire Junior, Weimar Da Rocha
name: Goncalves Junior, Carlos Alberto
name: Alves, Yony Brugnolo
name: Shikida, Pery Francisco Assis
name: Staduto, Jefferson Andronio Ramundo
name: Freire Junior, Weimar Da Rocha
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Sectional Council
subject: sugar and alcohol sector
subject: New Institutional Economy
subject: correspondence analysis.

description: This article discusses the deliberations of the Sectional Council of Productive Chain of Sugar and Alcohol of Agricultural, Live-stocking farming and Supply Department. The main actions of the Council is study occurred in the sense of requesting alters in the technologic, institutional and organizational environment aiming a fall of dealing costs, mainly in relation to the informational level of the members. Through the multivariate analysis, it is noticed that most of the meetings of the Council deals with the requests in relation to the alterations in the institutional environment, mainly to what relates to the taxes aspects.
Harnessing a systems approach for sustainable adaptation in vulnerable mega-deltas: A case study of the dyke heightening program in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta's floodplains
Creators: name: Mai, Thanh
name: Mushtaq, Shahbaz
name: Tong, Yen Dan
name: Nguyen-Huy, Thong
name: Richards, Russell
name: Marcussen, Torben
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3702
subject: Climate change science
classificationCode: 35
subject: Commerce, management, tourism and services
classificationCode: 49
subject: Mathematical sciences
classificationCode: 4901
subject: Applied mathematics

description: HIGHLIGHTS:  
• Importance of system thinking for effective management of climate adaption impacts 
• Dyke-heightening program fails to meet its objectives and risks long-term failures
• Restructuring production system and enhancing flood resilience are key for sustainable delta growth