cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hubble tension and absolute constraints on the local Hubble parameter
Creators: name: Gurzadyan, V. G.
name: Stepanian, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown, from the two independent approaches of McCrea-Milne and of Zeldovich, that one can fully recover the set equations corresponding to the relativistic equations of the expanding universe of Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker geometry. Although similar, the Newtonian and relativistic set of equations have a principal difference in the content and hence define two flows, local and global ones, thus naturally exposing the Hubble tension at the presence of the cosmological constant Λ. From this, we obtain absolute constraints on the lower and upper values for the local Hubble parameter, \sqrt{Λc^2/3} \simeq 56.2$ and \sqrt{Λc^2} \simeq 97.3 (km/sec Mpc^{-1}), respectively. The link to the so-called maximum force--tension issue in cosmological models is revealed.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure; A&A (in press); to match the published version
Additional file 1 of Linear growth beyond 24 months and child neurodevelopment in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash
name: Pathak, Barsha Gadapani
name: Raut, Shrish Vijaykumar
name: Kumar, Dilesh
name: Singh, Diksha
name: Sudfeld, Christopher R.
name: Strand, Tor A.
name: Taneja, Sunita
name: Bhandari, Nita
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Box 1. Search Strategy used for identifying relevant studies for the meta-analysis. Supplementary Table1. Summary of the included studies. Supplementary Table 2. Assessment of quality of the included cohort studies. Fig S1. Funnel plot for change in height-for-age z scores over time with cognitive scores. Fig S2. Funnel plot for recovery from stunting with cognitive scores. Fig S3. Funnel plot for change in height-for-age z scores over time with socioemotional scores. Fig S4.  Funnel plot for change in height-for-age z scores over time with verbal scores. Fig S5. Sensitivity analysis for association of change in height for age z-score (HAZ), post the first 2 years of age, with cognitive scores in middle to late childhood. Fig S6. Sensitivity analysis for association of recovery from stunting with cognitive, post the first 2 years of age, compared to children who were never stunted. Fig S7. Sensitivity analysis for association of change in height for age z-score (HAZ), post the first 2 years of age, with socio-emotional scores in middle to late childhood. Fig S8. Sensitivity analysis for association of change in height for age z-score (HAZ), post the first 2 years of age, with language scores in middle to late childhood. Fig S9. Baseline age of the height/length for age (HAZ/LAZ) assessment among the included studies.
An ERP study on agreement violations in Arabic: Qualitative differences between singular and plural subjects
Creators: name: Muralikrishnan, R.
name: Idrissi, Ali
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: EEG
Visual ERP Study
Arabic
Agreement

description: Muralikrishnan & Idrissi (2013). Poster Presented at the 26th CUNY Conference on Sentence Processing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
Megadromus (Megadromus) sandageri
Creators: name: Larochelle
name: Larivière, Marie-Claude
name: Larochelle
name: Larivière
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Megadromus
Megadromus sandageri

description: Megadromus (Megadromus) sandageri (Broun, 1893) – Endemic [p. 107]
  Megadromus (Megadromus) speciosus Johns, 2007  – Endemic
 Megadromus speciosus Johns, 2007: 5. Type locality: Picton-Port Underwood Saddle, SD.
description: Published as part of Larochelle, Larivière, Marie-Claude, Larochelle & Larivière, 2016, Taxonomic Supplement (2001 to 2015) to the Catalogue of New Zealand Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-53 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (502) on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170780
Study of a Discretized Fractional-order eco-epidemiological model with prey infection
Creators: name: Mondal, Shuvojit
name: Cao, Xianbing
name: Bairagi, Nandadulal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, an attempt is made to understand the dynamics of a three-dimensional discrete fractional-order eco-epidemiological model with Holling type II functional response. We first discretize a fractional-order predator-prey-parasite system with piecewise constant arguments and then explore the system dynamics. Analytical conditions for the local stability of different fixed points have been determined using the Jury criterion. Several examples are given to substantiate the analytical results. Our analysis shows that stability of the discrete fractional order system strongly depends on the step-size and the fractional order. More specifically, the critical value of the step-size, where the switching of stability occurs, decreases as the order of the fractional derivative decreases. Simulation results explore that the discrete fractional-order system may also exhibit complex dynamics, like chaos, for higher step-size.
Shot Noise in SU(N) Quantum Dot Kondo Effects
Creators: name: Vitushinsky, P.
name: Clerk, A. A.
name: Hur, K. Le
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study shot noise in the current of quantum dots whose low-energy behaviour corresponds to an SU(N) Kondo model, focusing on the case N=4 relevant to carbon nanotube dots. For general N, two-particle Fermi liquid interactions have two distinct effects: they can enhance the noise via back-scattering processes with an N-dependent effective charge, and can also modify the coherent partition noise already present without interactions. For N=4, in contrast to the SU(2) case, interactions enhance shot noise solely through an enhancement of partition noise. This leads to a non-trivial prediction for experiment.
description: 4+ pages; error in numerical prefactor describing interaction effect on noise corrected
The Quantum Otto Heat Engine with a relativistically moving thermal bath
Creators: name: Papadatos, Nikolaos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the quantum thermodynamic cycle of a quantum heat engine carrying out an Otto thermodynamic cycle. We use the thermal properties of a moving heat bath with relativistic velocity with respect to the cold bath. As a working medium, we use a two-level system and a harmonic oscillator that interact with a moving heat bath and a static cold bath. In the current work, the quantum heat engine is studied in the high and low temperatures regime. Using quantum thermodynamics and the theory of open quantum system we obtain the total produced work, the efficiency and the efficiency at maximum power. The maximum efficiency of the Otto quantum heat engine depends only on the ratio of the minimum and maximum energy gaps. On the contrary, the efficiency at maximum power and the extracted work decreases with the velocity since the motion of the heat bath has an energy cost for the quantum heat engine. Furthermore, the efficiency at maximum power depends on the nature of the working medium.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures
European private food safety standards in global agri-food supply chains: a systematic review
Creators: name: Rao, Madhura
name: Bast, Aalt
name: Boer, Alie De
name: Rao, Madhura
name: Bast, Aalt
name: Boer, Alie De
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: private standards
subject: GlobalGAP
subject: BRC
subject: food safety
subject: retail

description: Private food safety standards have become an important governance mechanism in contemporary food supply chains. While much has been written about private standards from the perspectives of different academic fields, there has never been a dedicated literature review to examine their interaction with global food supply chains. In this systematic review, 45 peer reviewed articles on private food standards, selected through extensive searches in four academic databases are critically appraised. Our analysis reveals that the most studied European private food safety standards are owned by retail conglomerates and therefore place the retail sector in a position of influence in the supply chain. These standards influence supply chain structures, market access, and the efficiency of food safety management systems. They also challenge the traditional relationship shared by actors in the supply chain with public authorities and the World Trade Organization. In the recent years, their scope has expanded to include topical issues such as environmental sustainability, worker safety, and animal welfare. Overall, the review suggests that European private food safety standards alter the operations of modern agri-food supply chains to accommodate consumer wishes while allowing the retail sector to exert its influence without taking on additional legal and economic liability.
Combining machine learning and data assimilation to forecast dynamical systems from noisy partial observations
Creators: name: Gottwald, Georg A.
name: Reich, Sebastian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a supervised learning method to learn the propagator map of a dynamical system from partial and noisy observations. In our computationally cheap and easy-to-implement framework a neural network consisting of random feature maps is trained sequentially by incoming observations within a data assimilation procedure. By employing Takens' embedding theorem, the network is trained on delay coordinates. We show that the combination of random feature maps and data assimilation, called RAFDA, outperforms standard random feature maps for which the dynamics is learned using batch data.
D9.1 Baseline report and analysis on local market and consumer profiles
Creators: name: Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation
Publisher: name: SteamBioAfrica
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biofuels
subject: Renewable energy
subject: Economics

description: Most households in developing countries do not have access to clean cooking and heating energy, owing to inadequate access to energy grid, old and inefficient energy infrastructure, remoteness of most of the rural areas that are off grid, including lack of capacity for these developed countries to invest in renewable and sustainable energy sources. These communities often resort to the use of fuelwood to cook under open fire conditions. Through Super-Heated Steam (SHS) technology there is potential to harvest and convert bush encroachment into safe and sustainable renewable energy that would provide cooking and heating energy to the benefit of these unconnected households and those who cannot afford other energy sources.This report presents the results of the baseline market assessment for solid biofuel produced through Super-heated Steam (SHS) process from bush and other woody biomass in the domestic household sector. The survey identifies factors that could influence consumer behaviour and market acceptance of this fuel in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa across rural, urban, and peri-urban areas.Survey questionnaires were administered to one hundred and ninety-eight (198) household in urban, peri urban and rural areas of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa to collect socio economic characteristics and energy consumption patterns of these households, with a view to identify factors that influence energy consumption. This information will be used to develop energy consumer profiles in these countries.The results show that communities in the study areas use a mix of energy sources, and that they would be interested in trying out proposed solid biofuel energy source as long as they are efficient, affordable, and environmentally friendly. The respondents were however not prepared to pay for participation in the trial for the proposed new biofuel.
title: Establishing Galleria mellonella, the larvae of the greater wax moth, as a model for mycobacterial infections to assess existing and novel treatment
Creators: name: der Weduwen, Frances
Publisher: name: University of St Andrews
Year: 2020

description: Galleria mellonella, the larvae of the greater wax moth, are cheap, practical and readily-available organisms which can be utilised for a comprehensive range of experimental protocols. They are valuable in vivo intermediaries between in vitro studies and models which require greater investments of time, equipment, and ethical approval. Larvae exhibit cellular and humoral immune responses with structural and functional similarities to mammals. They are ideal for high-throughput screens of pathogens, antimicrobials, toxicity tests, and novel treatments. In this thesis, G. mellonella was used with a range of Mycobacterium species and strains. Mycobacteria represent a unique challenge as they are intrinsically resistant to antibiotics, “hide” from immune responses, and interact directly with immune cells. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent in tuberculosis, has infected billions of humans and is notoriously difficult to study due to its slow generation time and ability to infect immunocompetent humans. Hence, using related Mycobacterial species allows assessment of this genus with minimal risk and inconvenience. Using these bacteria in tandem with a simple, easily used in vivo model allows for a greater range of experiments in a standard laboratory. When this thesis commenced, Mycobacteria had not been used with a Galleria model in the modern era, Therefore, M. fortuitum, M. marinum and M. aurum were assessed with G. mellonella and confirmed to cause larval death. Various anti-Mycobacterials were assessed, alongside uncommon treatment combinations such as β lactams and efflux pump inhibitors. The immune response to infection and treatment was evaluated – the number of immune cells, their ability to phagocytose Mycobacteria, and the formation of melanised nodules were all affected by infection and the antibiotics used to treat them. This work demonstrates the suitability of G. mellonella as a model for Mycobacterial infections and indicates how they may be used in further research efforts.
Tachyon Solution in Cubic Neveu-Schwarz String Field Theory
Creators: name: Aref'eva, Irina Ya.
name: Gorbachev, Roman V.
name: Medvedev, Peter B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A class of exact analytic solutions in the modified cubic fermionic string field theory with the GSO(-) sector is presented. This class contains the GSO(-) tachyon field and reproduces the correct value for the nonBPS D-brane tension.
description: 17 pages, minor corrections(missing 1/2 is restored)
Zeopoecilus calcaratus
Creators: name: Larochelle
name: Larivière, Marie-Claude
name: Larochelle
name: Larivière
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Zeopoecilus
Zeopoecilus calcaratus

description: Zeopoecilus calcaratus (Sharp, 1886) – Endemic [p. 114]
  Zeopoecilus caperatus Johns, 2007  – Endemic
 Zeopoecilus caperatus Johns, 2007: 7. Type locality: Heaphy Valley, track between Lewis and Heaphy huts, NN.
description: Published as part of Larochelle, Larivière, Marie-Claude, Larochelle & Larivière, 2016, Taxonomic Supplement (2001 to 2015) to the Catalogue of New Zealand Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-53 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (502) on page 30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170780
Spectral Hausdorff dimensions for a class of Schrödinger operators in bounded intervals
Creators: name: Bazao, Vanderléa R.
name: Carvalho, Túlio O.
name: de Oliveira, César R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 34L40, 81Q05, 81Q10

description: Exact Hausdorff dimensions are computed for singular continuous components of the spectral measures of a class of Schrödinger operators in bounded intervals.
D9.1 Baseline report and analysis on local market and consumer profiles
Creators: name: Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation
Publisher: name: SteamBioAfrica
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biofuels
subject: Renewable energy
subject: Economics

description: Most households in developing countries do not have access to clean cooking and heating energy, owing to inadequate access to energy grid, old and inefficient energy infrastructure, remoteness of most of the rural areas that are off grid, including lack of capacity for these developed countries to invest in renewable and sustainable energy sources. These communities often resort to the use of fuelwood to cook under open fire conditions. Through Super-Heated Steam (SHS) technology there is potential to harvest and convert bush encroachment into safe and sustainable renewable energy that would provide cooking and heating energy to the benefit of these unconnected households and those who cannot afford other energy sources.This report presents the results of the baseline market assessment for solid biofuel produced through Super-heated Steam (SHS) process from bush and other woody biomass in the domestic household sector. The survey identifies factors that could influence consumer behaviour and market acceptance of this fuel in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa across rural, urban, and peri-urban areas.Survey questionnaires were administered to one hundred and ninety-eight (198) household in urban, peri urban and rural areas of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa to collect socio economic characteristics and energy consumption patterns of these households, with a view to identify factors that influence energy consumption. This information will be used to develop energy consumer profiles in these countries.The results show that communities in the study areas use a mix of energy sources, and that they would be interested in trying out proposed solid biofuel energy source as long as they are efficient, affordable, and environmentally friendly. The respondents were however not prepared to pay for participation in the trial for the proposed new biofuel.
Instream aeration of the Serpentine River
Creators: name: Town, Christopher Albert
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Urban encroachment and intensive agricultural pursuits within the Serpentine-Nicomekl watershed (in proximity to Vancouver, B.C.) have caused a number of serious fish kills on the Serpentine River since 1980. Low dissolved oxygen levels were responsible for these kills. This study investigated some of the dynamic chemical and biological relationships within the river, as well as artificial aeration as a pollution abatement or in-situ improvement measure. Weekly sampling from July to December, 1985, inclusive, established a solid data base from which inciteful interrelationships were deduced. A strong correlation between chlorophyll-a and dissolved oxygen levels supported the hypothesis that, algae blooms dying in the Fall, create a massive oxygen demand. A prototype, (457 m) artificial aeration line was designed, installed and monitored to evaluate its potential for alleviating low dissolved oxygen conditions experienced in the Fall periods. The aeration system operated successfully during September, October and November of 1985; however, because of ideal weather conditions, dissolved oxygen levels never dropped below 7.3 mg/L, so the opportunity to evaluate in-situ oxygen transfer did not arise in 1985. Nevertheless, the data base generated supports the use of the prototype aeration unit as a means of "upgrading" a stretch of river subject to periodic, low, dissolved oxygen levels. Expansion of the system, to include other critical stretches of the Serpentine River, is strongly recommended.
Epicyclic Motions and Standing Shocks in Numerically Simulated Tilted Black-Hole Accretion Disks
Creators: name: Fragile, P. Chris
name: Blaes, Omer M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This work presents a detailed analysis of the overall flow structure and unique features of the inner region of the tilted disk simulations described in Fragile et al. (2007). The primary new feature identified in the main disk body is a latitude-dependent radial epicyclic motion driven by pressure gradients attributable to the gravitomagnetic warping of the disk. The induced motion of the gas is coherent over the scale of the entire disk and is fast enough that it could be observable in features such as relativistic iron lines. The eccentricity of the associated fluid element trajectories increases with decreasing radius, leading to a crowding of orbit trajectories near their apocenters. This results in a local density enhancement akin to a compression. These compressions are sufficiently strong to produce a pair of weak shocks in the vicinity of the black hole. These shocks are roughly aligned with the line-of-nodes between the black-hole symmetry plane and disk midplane, with one shock above the line-of-nodes on one side of the black hole and the other below on the opposite side. These shocks enhance angular momentum transport and energy dissipation near the hole, forcing some material to plunge toward the black hole from well outside the innermost stable circular orbit. A new, extended simulation, which was evolved for more than a full disk precession period, allows us to confirm that these shocks and the previously identified ``plunging streams'' precess with the disk in such a way as to remain aligned relative to the line-of-nodes, as expected based on our physical understanding of these phenomena. Such a precessing structure would likely present a strong quasi-periodic signal.
description: 10 pages, 14 figures. Accepted by ApJ
Pelmatellina Bates 1882
Creators: name: Larochelle
name: Larivière, Marie-Claude
name: Larochelle
name: Larivière
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae

description: Subtribe Pelmatellina    Genus Hakaharpalus Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Hakaharpalus Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 54. Type species: Hakaharpalus rhodeae Larochelle and Larivière, 2005, by original designation.
  Hakaharpalus cavelli (Broun, 1893)  – Endemic [p. 88, as Tachys cavelli, Bembidiini] Hakaharpalus cavelli: Larochelle and Larivière 2005: 57, 93.
  Hakaharpalus davidsoni Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Hakaharpalus davidsoni Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 56. Type locality: Buller Gorge, Gowanbridge, NN.
  Hakaharpalus maddisoni Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Hakaharpalus maddisoni Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 56. Type locality: Karamea Bluff, Surveyers Creek, NN.
  Hakaharpalus patricki Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Hakaharpalus patricki Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 55. Type locality: Mount Domett, NN.
  Hakaharpalus rhodeae Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Hakaharpalus rhodeae Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 57. Type locality: Maitai Valley, NN.
  Genus Kupeharpalus Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Kupeharpalus Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 57. Type species: Kupeharpalus barrattae Larochelle and Larivière, 2005, by original designation.
  Kupeharpalus barrattae Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Kupeharpalus barrattae Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 58. Type locality: Mangamuka Gorge Walkway, ND.
  Kupeharpalus embersoni Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Kupeharpalus embersoni Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 59. Type locality: Te Paki Reserve, Sandy Bay, ND.
  Kupeharpalus johnsi Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Kupeharpalus johnsi Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 59. Type locality: Kara, Whangarei, ND.
  Genus Lecanomerus Chaudoir, 1850  – Native [p. 118]
 Veradia Laporte de Castelnau, 1867: 125. Type species: Veradia brisbanensis Laporte de Castelnau, 1967, by monotypy. Synonymized by Will (2015: 132).
description: Published as part of Larochelle, Larivière, Marie-Claude, Larochelle & Larivière, 2016, Taxonomic Supplement (2001 to 2015) to the Catalogue of New Zealand Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-53 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (502) on pages 33-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170780
Indwelling Pleural Catheter (IPC) for the Management of Hepatic Hydrothorax: The Known and the Unknown. Appendix.
Creators: name: Friedman, Yelena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Literature search strategies for the systematic review: Avula A, Acharya S, Anwar S, Narula N, Chalhoub M, Maroun R, Thapa S, Friedman Y. Indwelling Pleural Catheter (IPC) for the Management of Hepatic Hydrothorax: The Known and the Unknown. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2021 Nov 10. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000823. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34753862.
A new method to derive star formation histories of galaxies from their star cluster distributions
Creators: name: Maschberger, Thomas
name: Kroupa, Pavel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Star formation happens in a clustered way which is why the star cluster population of a particular galaxy is closely related to the star formation history of this galaxy. From the probabilistic nature of a mass function follows that the mass of the most-massive cluster of a complete population, M_max, has a distribution with the total mass of the population as a parameter. The total mass of the population is connected to the star formation rate (SFR) by the length of a formation epoch. Since due to evolutionary effects only massive star clusters are observable up to high ages it is convenient to use this M_max(SFR) relation for the reconstruction of a star formation history. The age-distribution of the most-massive clusters can therefore be used to constrain the star formation history of a galaxy. The method, including an assessment of the inherent uncertainties, is introduced with this contribution, while following papers will apply this method to a number of galaxies.
description: MNRAS: in press, 10 pages, 9 figures
Syllectus anomalus Bates 1878
Creators: name: Larochelle
name: Larivière, Marie-Claude
name: Larochelle
name: Larivière
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Syllectus
Syllectus anomalus

description: Syllectus anomalus Bates, 1878 – Endemic [p. 121]
  Syllectus gouleti Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Syllectus gouleti Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 71. Type locality: Charleston, Metro Cave, BR.
  Syllectus magnus Britton, 1964  – Endemic [p. 121]
 Syllectus spelaeus Britton, 1964: 631. Type locality: Charleston, Nile River Cave, BR. Synonymized by Larochelle and Larivière (2005: 70).
description: Published as part of Larochelle, Larivière, Marie-Claude, Larochelle & Larivière, 2016, Taxonomic Supplement (2001 to 2015) to the Catalogue of New Zealand Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-53 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (502) on page 35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170780
Multiple Sources toward the High-mass Young Star S140 IRS1
Creators: name: Trinidad, M. A.
name: Torrelles, J. M.
name: Rodriguez, L. F.
name: Curiel, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: S140 IRS1 is a remarkable source where the radio source at the center of the main bipolar molecular outflow in the region is elongated perpendicular to the axis of the outflow, an orientation opposite to that expected if the radio source is a thermal jet exciting the outflow. We present results of 1.3 cm continuum and H2O maser emission observations made with the VLA in its A configuration toward this region. In addition, we also present results of continuum observations at 7 mm and re-analyse observations at 2, 3.5 and 6 cm (previously published). IRS 1A is detected at all wavelengths, showing an elongated structure. Three water maser spots are detected along the major axis of the radio source IRS 1A. We have also detected a new continuum source at 3.5 cm (IRS 1C) located ~0.6'' northeast of IRS 1A. The presence of these two YSOs (IRS 1A and 1C) could explain the existence of the two bipolar molecular outflows observed in the region. In addition, we have also detected three continuum clumps (IRS 1B, 1D and 1E) located along the major axis of IRS 1A. We discuss two possible models to explain the nature of IRS 1A: a thermal jet and an equatorial wind.
description: 17 pages, 4 figures, to be published in AJ
Additional file 1 of ‘I don’t want to be a guinea pig’ - Swedish women’s experiences of breast abscess treatment
Creators: name: Johansson, Margareta
name: Amir, Lisa H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Energy conditions constraints on a class of f(R)-gravity
Creators: name: Santos, J.
name: Reboucas, M. J.
name: Alcaniz, J. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present and discuss the bounds from the energy conditions on a general f(R) functional form in the framework of metric variational approach. As a concrete application of the energy conditions to locally homogeneous and isotropic f(R)-cosmology, the recent estimated values of the deceleration and jerk parameters are used to examine the bounds from the weak energy condition on the free parameter of the family of f(R)=\sqrt{R^2 - R_0^2} gravity theory.
description: 6 pages. To appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D. Talk delivered at the 3rd International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics. V2: references added
A massive cluster of Red Supergiants at the base of the Scutum-Crux arm
Creators: name: Davies, Ben
name: Figer, Don F.
name: Kudritzki, Rolf-Peter
name: MacKenty, John
name: Najarro, Francisco
name: Herrero, Artemio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the unprecedented Red Supergiant (RSG) population of a massive young cluster, located at the base of the Scutum-Crux Galactic arm. We identify candidate cluster RSGs based on {\it 2MASS} photometry and medium resolution spectroscopy. With follow-up high-resolution spectroscopy, we use CO-bandhead equivalent width and high-precision radial velocity measurements to identify a core grouping of 26 physically-associated RSGs -- the largest such cluster known to-date. Using the stars' velocity dispersion, and their inferred luminosities in conjuction with evolutionary models, we argue that the cluster has an initial mass of $\sim$40,000\msun, and is therefore among the most massive in the galaxy. Further, the cluster is only a few hundred parsecs away from the cluster of 14 RSGs recently reported by Figer et al (2006). These two RSG clusters represent 20% of all known RSGs in the Galaxy, and now offer the unique opportunity to study the pre-supernova evolution of massive stars, and the Blue- to Red-Supergiant ratio at uniform metallicity. We use GLIMPSE, MIPSGAL and MAGPIS survey data to identify several objects in the field of the larger cluster which seem to be indicative of recent region-wide starburst activity at the point where the Scutum-Crux arm intercepts the Galactic bulge. Future abundance studies of these clusters will therefore permit the study of the chemical evolution and metallicity gradient of the Galaxy in the region where the disk meets the bulge.
description: 49 pages, 22 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ. Version with hi-res figures can be found at http://www.cis.rit.edu/~bxdpci/RSGC2.pdf
Impact of buyers' support on farmer performance and investments in the Brazilian pork supply chain
Creators: name: Martins, Franco Müller
name: Trienekens, Jacques
name: Omta, Onno
name: Martins, Franco Müller
name: Trienekens, Jacques
name: Omta, Onno
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Brazil
subject: contracts
subject: coordination
subject: pork chain
subject: performance

description: This paper analyses how the technical and managerial support of buyers affects the performance and investment capacity of Brazilian pig farmers. The paper also analyses the influence of the farmers’ investment capacity on their own performance and how that performance in turn influences the investment requirements demanded by buyers. We developed a structural equation model applied to a sample of 199 farmers including piglet farmers (n=91) and finishers (n=108) working under production contracts. The model includes two constructs that assess performance – financial performance and production and quality performance. The results show that buyer support positively influences both performance constructs and investment requirements for piglet farmers and finishers. The relationship between buyer support and investment capacity was significant only in the sample of finishers. Farmers’ investment capacity positively influences both performance constructs in the sample of piglet farmers. For finishers, investment capacity influences only financial performance. Moreover, only production and quality performance of finishers influences investment requirements. The results provide buyers and farmers with insights for refinements in support policies and management.
Water Production Rates from SOHO/SWAN Observations of Six comets: 2017-2020
Creators: name: Combi, Michael R.
name: Mäkinen, Terhi
name: Bertaux, Jean-Loup.
name: Quémerais, Eric
name: Ferron, Stephane
name: Coronel, Ruben
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Solar Wind ANisotropies (SWAN) all-sky hydrogen Lyman-alpha camera on the SOlar and Heliosphere Observer (SOHO) satellite makes daily images of the entire sky to monitor the three-dimensional distribution of solar wind and solar radiation via its imprint on the stream of interstellar hydrogen that flows through the solar system. In the process it also records the distribution of the hydrogen comae of comets. We report here the analyses of six comets originally from the Oort Cloud observed during the 2017-2020 period by SWAN: C/2015 V2 (Johnson), C/2019 Y1 (ATLAS), C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS), C/2020 F8 (SWAN), C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), and C/2019 U6 (Lemmon). Of these the nuclei of C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) and C/2020 F8 (SWAN) both broke up on their inbound orbit before perihelion. The water production rates over the detectable portion of each comet's orbit are determined and discussed in light of the comet's dynamical sub-class of Oort Cloud comets.
description: 42 pages, 8 figures
eta-prime Meson Production in Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions Near The Threshold
Creators: name: Kaptari, L. P.
name: Kampfer, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The production of $η'$ mesons in the reactions $pp\to ppη'$ and $pn\to pnη' $ at threshold-near energies is analyzed within a covariant effective meson-nucleon theory. The description of cross section and angular distributions of the available data in this kinematical region in the $pp$ channel is accomplished by including meson currents and nucleon currents with the resonances $S_{11}(1650)$, $P_{11}(1710)$ and $P_{13}(1720)$. Predictions for the $pn$ channel are given. The di-electron production from subsequent $η'$ Dalitz decay $η' \to γγ^* \toγe^+e^-$ is also calculated and numerical results are presented for intermediate energy and kinematics of possible experiments with HADES, CLAS and KEK-PS.
Measuring measurement
Creators: name: Lundeen, J. S.
name: Feito, A.
name: Coldenstrodt-Ronge, H.
name: Pregnell, K. L.
name: Silberhorn, Ch.
name: Ralph, T. C.
name: Eisert, J.
name: Plenio, M. B.
name: Walmsley, I. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Measurement connects the world of quantum phenomena to the world of classical events. It plays both a passive role, observing quantum systems, and an active one, preparing quantum states and controlling them. Surprisingly - in the light of the central status of measurement in quantum mechanics - there is no general recipe for designing a detector that measures a given observable. Compounding this, the characterization of existing detectors is typically based on partial calibrations or elaborate models. Thus, experimental specification (i.e. tomography) of a detector is of fundamental and practical importance. Here, we present the realization of quantum detector tomography: we identify the optimal positive-operator-valued measure describing the detector, with no ancillary assumptions. This result completes the triad, state, process, and detector tomography, required to fully specify an experiment. We characterize an avalanche photodiode and a photon number resolving detector capable of detecting up to eight photons. This creates a new set of tools for accurately detecting and preparing non-classical light.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures,see video abstract at http://www.quantiki.org/video_abstracts/08072444
Topological spin liquid on the hyper-kagome lattice of Na_4Ir_3O_8
Creators: name: Lawler, Michael J.
name: Kee, Hae-Young
name: Kim, Yong Baek
name: Vishwanath, Ashvin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent experiments on the "hyper-kagome" lattice system Na$_4$Ir$_3$O$_8$ have demonstrated that it is a rare example of a three dimensional spin-1/2 frustrated antiferromagnet. We investigate the role of quantum fluctuations as the primary mechanism lifting the macroscopic degeneracy inherited by classical spins on this lattice. In the semi-classical limit we predict, based on large-N calculations, that an unusual $\vec q=0$ coplaner magnetically ordered ground state is stabilized with no local "weather vane" modes. This phase melts in the quantum limit and a gapped topological Z$_2$ spin liquid phase emerges. In the vicinity of this quantum phase transition, we study the dynamic spin structure factor and comment on the relevance of our results for future neutron scattering experiments.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, substantially rewritten, some new predictions added
Thermal Emission from Transiting Very-Hot Jupiters: Prospects for Ground-based Detection at Optical Wavelengths
Creators: name: Lopez-Morales, Mercedes
name: Seager, Sara
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Very hot Jupiters (VHJs) are defined as Jupiter-mass extrasolar planets with orbital periods shorter than three days. For low albedos the effective temperatures of irradiated VHJs can reach 2500-3000 K. Thermal emission from VHJs is therefore potentially strong at optical wavelengths. We explore the prospects of detecting optical-wavelength thermal emission during secondary eclipse with existing ground-based telescopes. We show that OGLE-TR-56b and OGLE-TR-132b are the best suited candidates for detection, and that the prospects are highest around z'-band (~0.9 microns). We also speculate that any newly discovered VHJs with the right combination of orbital separation and host star parameters could be thermally detected in the optical. The lack of detections would still provide constraints on the planetary albedos and re-radiation factors.
description: accepted for publication on ApJL
Infinitely many local higher symmetries without recursion operator or master symmetry: integrability of the Foursov--Burgers system revisited
Creators: name: Sergyeyev, Artur
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 37K05, 37K10, 35A30, 58J70, 58J72

description: We consider the Burgers-type system studied by Foursov, w_t &=& w_{xx} + 8 w w_x + (2-4α)z z_x, z_t &=& (1-2α)z_{xx} - 4αz w_x + (4-8α)w z_x - (4+8α)w^2 z + (-2+4α)z^3, (*) for which no recursion operator or master symmetry was known so far, and prove that the system (*) admits infinitely many local generalized symmetries that are constructed using a nonlocal {\em two-term} recursion relation rather than from a recursion operator.
description: 10 pages, LaTeX; minor changes in terminology; some references and definitions added
Pholeodytes cerberus Britton 1964
Creators: name: Larochelle
name: Larivière, Marie-Claude
name: Larochelle
name: Larivière
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Pholeodytes
Pholeodytes cerberus

description: Pholeodytes cerberus Britton, 1964 – Endemic [p. 127]
  Pholeodytes helmorei Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Pholeodytes helmorei Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 83. Type locality: Coal Flat Cave [=Eggers Cave], NN.
  Pholeodytes nunni Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Pholeodytes nunni Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 82. Type locality: Takaka, Motupipi, Council Cave, NN.
  Pholeodytes palmai Larochelle and Larivière, 2005  – Endemic
 Pholeodytes palmai Larochelle and Larivière, 2005: 81. Type locality: Kaihoka, Pluto’s Retreat Cave, NN.
description: Published as part of Larochelle, Larivière, Marie-Claude, Larochelle & Larivière, 2016, Taxonomic Supplement (2001 to 2015) to the Catalogue of New Zealand Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-53 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (502) on pages 35-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170780
Analysis of slope failure mechanism in unsaturated pyroclastic soils, based on testing site monitoring
Creators: name: Pirone, Marianna
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2009

description: In the Campania region the pyroclastic soils resting on the limestone massif are often affected by mudflows. These landslides involve more superficial deposits, products of the volcanic eruption of the districts: Campi Flegrei and Somma Vesuvius. The triggering mechanism in these soils are induced by rainfalls that can produce a significant increase in the degree of saturation and, consequently, significant reductions in suction and shear strength. In order to analyse the failure mechanism, the experimental research project on mudflows was developed at University of Naples and it is going on from the winter 2005. Based on geological and geomorphologic considerations, the testing site of Monteforte Irpino (AV) was selected to collect experimental data through laboratory testing on undisturbed samples recovered in site and by monitoring climatic conditions, matric suction and water content in the field. The soils recognized in site are constituted by the products of a series of eruptions of Somma Vesuvius, hence they represent well the large area of Campania affected by the mudflows. Mechanical and hydraulic characterization of pyroclastic soils sampled in the test site are available, thanks to a previous PhD thesis (Papa, PhD thesis 2007). The instrumentation installed in site consists of 94 tensiometers, 40 TDR probes, 6 Casagrande piezometers and a weather station. To analyse the factors predisposing the failure, the “hydraulic regime” in the subsoil and the influence of rainfall on the distribution of pore water pressure have to be investigated. Hence, in this thesis the data collected in situ: suction, water content and climatic conditions are shown. The elaboration of measurements are presented too, in particular the intensity and direction of the water flows in the subsoil. Moreover it was possible to get some conclusion about the water balance in the subsoil and to identify the rule of the pumices interposed between the pyroclastic layers. The central part of thesis concerns the numerical analyses of the triggering mechanism by using the monitoring data and the results of the test lab already available (Papa, 2007). The numerical code used was ICFEP (Imperial College Finite Element Program). The model was validated simulating the observed conditions over one hydrologic year. Then the slope stability analyses were carried out to understand how the failure mechanism changes varying the rainfall history applied on the upper boundary, the saturated permeability, the critical state angle, the initial conditions. By processing the numerical results, the influence on the failure mechanism of each factor is identified and the critical threshold in terms of daily rain intensity can be developed.
Fouanoucyathus tafraoutiensis El Bakhouch & Kerner 2024, n. gen., n. sp.
Creators: name: Bakhouch, Asmaa El
name: Kerner, Adeline
name: Azizi, Abdelfattah
name: Debrenne, Françoise
name: Jalil, Nour-Eddine
name: Hafid, Ahmid
name: Hariri, Khadija El
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Ajacicyathida
Carinacyathidae
Fouanoucyathus
Fouanoucyathus tafraoutiensis

description: Fouanoucyathus tafraoutiensis El Bakhouch & Kerner, n. gen., n. sp.
(Figs 2-5)
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ETYMOLOGY. — Named after Tafraout, the city from where the specimens were collected.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Tafraout, Morocco.
TYPE AGE. — Early Cambrian (Cambrian age 4 or Botoman).
TYPE MATERIAL. — Morocco • 1 specimen; western Anti-Atlas, Tata Group, Issafen Formation, Tafraout, section FO.IS8; holotype: AA-FOU-CI-2 • 3 specimens; western Anti-Atlas, Tata Group, Issafen Formation, Tafraout; paratypes: AA-FOU-CI-1 from section FO.IS4; AA-FOU-CI-3 from section FO.IS10; AA-FOU-CI-4 from section FO.IS24.
MEASUREMENTS. — See Table 2.
DIAGNOSIS. — Intervallum 4-9 mm wide; outer wall with 3 to 5 vertical rows of canals per intersept; septa completely porous; some synapticulae grouped into synapticular tabulae (Fig. 2F, 3B, D); in cups of diameter 22-50 mm.
DESCRIPTION
Cup conical, diameter 22-50 mm with intervallum 4-9 mm wide, outer wall with 3-5 rows of canals (diameter 0.09-0.2 mm, lintels 0.06-0.07 mm, porosity coefficient 1.3-3.3), wall thickness (0.2-0.3 mm). Inner wall with one row of straight canal per intersept (diameter 0.4-0.7 mm, lintels 0.11-0.23 mm, porosity coefficient 1.9-6.4), wall thickness (0.6-1.2 mm).
Septa are perced by numerous vertical pore rows, with the number varying from 6 to 21 rows; (perforation diameter 0.14-0.22 mm, lintels 0.17-0.34 mm) (Fig. 2C, 3B). Some synapticulae grouped into synapticular tabulae.
RK 1.4-2.3. IC 1/4,0-1/9,0. GPC 1.1-1.9
REMARKS
The canals on the inner wall for this new taxon are quite regular in size and shape (Fig. 5B) and their direction varies from horizontal to upward with all the intermediate directions. Septa are completely porous (6-21 rows) and their pores have round to slightly longitudinally elongate shape (Fig. 3C).
description: Published as part of Bakhouch, Asmaa El, Kerner, Adeline, Azizi, Abdelfattah, Debrenne, Françoise, Jalil, Nour-Eddine, Hafid, Ahmid & Hariri, Khadija El, 2024, New archaeocyath genus from the early Cambrian of the western Anti-Atlas, Morocco, pp. 445-455 in Geodiversitas 46 (12) on page 449, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a12, http://zenodo.org/record/13691736