cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Macroprudential Rules and Monetary Policy when Financial Frictions Matter
Creators: name: Bailliu, Jeannine
name: Meh, Cesaire
name: Zhang, Yahong
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2012

description: This paper examines the interaction between monetary policy and macroprudential policy and whether policy makers should respond to financial imbalances. To address this issue, we build a dynamic general equilibrium model that features financial market frictions and financial shocks as well as standard macroeconomic shocks. We estimate the model using Canadian data. Based on these estimates, we show that it is beneficial to react to financial imbalances. The size of these benefits depends on the nature of the shock where the benefits are larger in the presence of financial shocks that have broader effects on the macroeconomy.
description: Les auteurs examinent les interactions entre la politique monétaire et la politique macroprudentielle ainsi que la question de savoir si les autorités doivent réagir aux déséquilibres financiers. Pour ce faire, ils construisent un modèle d’équilibre général dynamique où les marchés financiers sont soumis à des frictions et qui englobe des chocs tant financiers que macroéconomiques. Le modèle est estimé au moyen de données canadiennes. Les estimations effectuées montrent qu’il est avantageux de réagir aux déséquilibres financiers. L’ampleur des avantages retirés dépend de la nature du choc : le gain de bien être est plus important lorsque le choc financier a des effets étendus dans l’économie.
Chandra Multi-wavelength Project (ChaMP). II. First Results of X-ray Source Properties
Creators: name: Kim, D. -W.
name: Wilkes, B. J.
name: Green, P. J.
name: Cameron, R. A.
name: Drake, J. J.
name: Evans, N. R.
name: Freeman, P.
name: Gaetz, T. J.
name: Ghosh, H.
name: Harnden,, F. R.
name: Karovska, M.
name: Kashyap, V.
name: Maksym, P. W.
name: Ratzlaff, P. W.
name: Schlegel, E. M.
name: Silverman, J. D.
name: Tananbaum, H. D.
name: Vikhlinin, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first results of ChaMP X-ray source properties obtained from the initial sample of 62 observations. The data have been uniformly reduced and analyzed with techniques specifically developed for the ChaMP and then validated by visual examination. Utilizing only near on-axis, bright X-ray sources (to avoid problems caused by incompleteness and the Eddington bias), we derive the Log(N)-Log(S) relation in soft (0.5-2 keV) and hard (2-8 keV) energy bands. The ChaMP data are consistent with previous results of ROSAT, ASCA and Chandra deep surveys. In particular, our data nicely fill in the flux gap in the hard band between the Chandra Deep Field data and the previous ASCA data. We check whether there is any systematic difference in the source density between cluster and non-cluster fields and also search for field-to-field variations, both of which have been previously reported. We found no significant field-to-field cosmic variation in either test within the statistics (~1 sigma) across the flux levels included in our sample. In the X-ray color-color plot, most sources fall in the location characterized by photon index = 1.5-2 and NH = a few x 10^20 cm^2, suggesting that they are typical broad-line AGNs. There also exist a considerable number of sources with peculiar X-ray colors (e.g., highly absorbed, very hard, very soft). We confirm a trend that on average the X-ray color hardens as the count rate decreases. Since the hardening is confined to the softest energy band (0.3-0.9 keV), we conclude it is most likely due to absorption. We cross-correlate the X-ray sources with other catalogs and describe their properties in terms of optical color, X-ray-to-optical luminosity ratio and X-ray colors.
description: 26 pages, PDF, including 9 figures. Accepted in Aug 2003 for publication in ApJ. See also an accompanying X-ray paper by Kim et al. (2003) and a follow-up optical paper by Green et al. (2003) in the ChaMP web site http://hea-www.harvard.edu/CHAMP/
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Creators: name: Lu, Ningning
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 310403
subject: Biological adaptation
classificationCode: 310408
subject: Life histories

description: Cave-dwelling species offer unique insights into adaptive evolution.The stage-dependent cave frog, Oreolalax rhodostigmatus (Orho), exhibits troglomorphic traitsas tadpoles in Karst caves, transitioning to troglophilic/trogloxenic lifestylesafter metamorphosis, characterizedby developed pigment and eyes. This study unveils the molecular mechanisms behind Orho’s stage-dependent cave adaptation through comparative genomics and transcriptomics.
Pygopleurus rapuzzii KEITH & ULIANA 2008
Creators: name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Nikodým, Milan
name: M, Pygopleurus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Glaphyridae
Pygopleurus
Pygopleurus rapuzzii

description: Pygopleurus rapuzzii KEITH & ULIANA, 2008
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: WestAzarbaijan(KEITH & ULIANA 2008).
 G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Endemic to Iran (KEITH & ULIANA 2008; BUNALSKI et al. 2014; NIKODÝM & BEZDEK 2016).
description: Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan, Nikodým, Milan & M, Pygopleurus, 2018, An annotated checklist of Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Iran, pp. 1171-1193 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2) on page 1182, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5174099
Three-point bending test of laminated glass with PVB and EVA interlayers at elevated temperature
Creators: name: Antolinc, David
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: This paper presents the experimental results of a three-point bending test conducted on laminated glass at elevated temperature in an environmental chamber. The focus of the present research was on bending stiffness degradation of the laminated glass in correspondence to elevated temperature. The tested specimens were made of two fully tempered glass plates bonded with EVA and PVB interlayers. For each type of laminated glass and set temperature, we prepared and tested 5 specimens. Each of the specimen was preconditioned to a set temperature before the experiment conducted in an environmental chamber. The tests were conducted at 23°C, 35°C and 60°C after the specimens had reached the defined contact temperature. During the experiment, the midspan deflection, longitudinal midspan deformation and the force at midspan were recorded. In the end, the behaviour of two different types of laminated glass plates was compared based on measured midspan deflection, deformations and stiffness degradation. Based on the results it can be seen that the laminated glass with EVA interlayer behaves stiffer and that the stiffness degradation is almost linear and slower in comparison to the specimens with PVB interlayer.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 7 (2020): Challenging Glass 7
Note Illustrative della Carta geologica d'Italia alla scala 1:50.000 F. 156 Torino Est, Servizio Geologico d'Italia - ISPRA
Creators: name: Festa, A.
name: Dela Pierre, F.
name: Irace, A.
name: Piana, F.
name: Fioraso, G.
name: Lucchesi, S.
name: Boano, P.
name: Forno, M.G.
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2009
Subjects: carta geologica, Torino Est, Piemonte, CARG, stratigrafia, tettonica, sottosuolo, geological map, stratigraphy, tectonics, subsurface

description: Note illustrative redatte per il Foglio geologico n. 156 Torino Est della Carta Geologica d'Italia alla scala 1:50.000. 143 pp.
Regression analysis of censored data using pseudo-observations
Creators: name: Parner, Erik T.
name: Andersen, Per K.
name: Parner, Erik T.
name: Andersen, Per K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: stpsurv
subject: stpci
subject: stpmean
subject: pseudovalues
subject: time-to-event
subject: survival analysis

description: We draw upon a series of articles in which a method based on pseudovalues is proposed for direct regression modeling of the survival function, the restricted mean, and the cumulative incidence function in competing risks with right-censored data. The models, once the pseudovalues have been computed, can be fit using standard generalized estimating equation software. Here we present Stata procedures for computing these pseudo-observations. An example from a bone marrow transplantation study is used to illustrate the method.
An Estimation of Consumer Benefits From the Public Campaign To Lower Cereal Prices
Creators: name: Cotterill, Ronald
name: Franklin, Andrew
name: Cotterill, Ronald
name: Franklin, Andrew
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: jawboning
subject: net of trade promotion prices
subject: price trend lines
subject: branded cereal
subject: private label
subject: cereal
subject: advertising
subject: manufacturer coupons

description: Using monthly IRI scanner data for January 1993 to March 1998, cereal prices declined even after adjusting for trade promotions and reduced manufacturer coupons during the public campaign in 1995 and early 1996, as well as after the industry's announced shelf price reductions in Spring 1996. The gap between branded and private label prices also declined. This was due to unexpected increases in private label prices during the jawboning campaign as well as decreases in branded prices. As predicted by the Dorfman Steiner theorem, branded advertising declined when the price cuts reduced brands price cost margins. Quaker’s lower priced bagged copies of other firms’ leading brands have grown rapidly and advanced Quaker’s market share to over 10 percent, as Kellogg’s share continues to decline and General Mills’ share is stable. Consumer benefits due to lower prices for the 35-month period commencing April 2, 1995 are 2.633 billion dollars.
Application of a mobile measuring device for the planar evaluation of the current in-situ stress condition in glass
Creators: name: Glaser, Marcus
name: Schaaf, Benjamin
name: Baitinger, Mascha
name: Siebert, Barbara
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: The load-bearing capacity of glass as a structural material as well as sustainability and resistance of a built-in glass against appearing loads and forces is assuming an ever-greater importance. Next to analytical and numerical calculations of maximum load-bearing capacity and the ultimate limit state, there is no generally accepted standardized non-destructive inspection method available, with which it is possible to estimate the prevalent load situation and predominant stress conditions, particularly in relation to mechanical or adhered connections. Within the research project “BiGla”, a measuring instrument based on photoelasticity was developed, which enables to measure and monitor occurring load states during the installation process, as well as the utilization of glass components subjected to significant load changes during their life cycle. Based on the combined examination of photoelasticity and its synergism with the finite element analysis it becomes possible to transfer qualitative measurement results into quantitative evaluations of predominant stress conditions. Achieved results, gained during experimental investigations under laboratory conditions, as well as during extensive field tests, are presented in this publication.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 7 (2020): Challenging Glass 7
«УДОВОЛЬСТВИЕ ОТ ТЕКСТА» И ПРОБЛЕМЫ ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКОЙ РЕФЛЕКСИИ КАТЕГОРИИ ФАНТАСТИКИ
Creators: name: Лавлинский Сергей Петрович
Publisher: name: Новый филологический вестник
Year: 2021
Subjects: «удовольствие от текста»; фантастическое; фантастика; мимесис; катарсис; читатель; читательская рецепция; теоретическая и историческая поэтика; рецептивная эстетика

description: В статье рассматривается соотнесенность эссеистического понятия «удовольствие от текста», предложенного Роланом Бартом, с проблемами теоретической рефлексии категорий фантастики и фантастического в современной гуманитарной науке. Особое внимание обращается на связь данных категорий с коммуникативными и рецептивными аспектами теоретической и исторической поэтики, эстетики и педагогики, а также предметно-видовыми и дискурсивными сторонами художественной целостности. Внимание читателя к литературной фантастике в значительной степени определяется хронотопической организацией, формирует мотивацию читательского удовольствия (как гедонистического и психотерапевтического, так и собственно эстетического) и стимулирует сознательное и / или бессознательное восприятие жанровой меры условности и жизнеподобия. Поскольку сфера рецепции фантастического в литературе всегда связана со сферой читательского воображения, требуется и создание методик освоения имагинативных механизмов (научных и собственно образовательных). Важно понять, что будет исследоваться: актуальность конкретных восприятий (отдельных читателей или каких-либо социальных групп) (это задачи психологические и социологические) или же имагинативная потенциальность «удовольствия» от чтения фантастических произведений (это уже задачи собственно литературоведческие и эстетические). В статье особое внимание обращается на то, что в теоретической рефлексии рецептивного «удовольствия от текста» необходимо учитывать жанровые разновидности фантастической литературы. Только в этом случае появляется возможность не только всестороннего изучения фантастики и фантастического как эстетических явлений, но и разработки продуктивных подходов к освоению фантастики в новейшем инновационном образовании.
Ongoing Research into the Failure of Glass at High Strain-Rates
Creators: name: Meyland, Martin Jensen
name: Nielsen, Jens Henrik
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: The failure of glass has been studied extensively by many researchers. However, the focus has previously been on the static to quasi-static, rate-independent behaviour. It is commonly accepted that the strength of glass is sensitive to the applied loading time, however, the amount of research in the field of loading rate dependency seems very limited. Consequently, the effect of loading rates on the strength is sparingly described in the available literature despite its relevance when designing for impact and blast loads. The present paper presents an ongoing research project considering the failure of glass at high strain-rates. It provides a brief review of existing studies showing a strength increase with loading rates relevant for e.g. blast loads. Based on existing experimental work, a numerical model considering different failure models is presented. The different considered failure models are then compared and discussed for their applicability. The paper also includes an outlook of the project, briefly explaining a novel concept for a high strain-rate test setup planned to be built during the summer of 2020.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 7 (2020): Challenging Glass 7
title: Short-Term Forecasting of the Japanese Economy Using Factor Models
Creators: name: Godbout, Claudia
name: Lombardi, Marco J.
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2012

description: While the usefulness of factor models has been acknowledged over recent years, little attention has been devoted to the forecasting power of these models for the Japanese economy. In this paper, we aim at assessing the relative performance of factor models over different samples, including the recent financial crisis. To do so, we construct factor models to forecast Japanese GDP and its subcomponents, using 38 data series (including daily, monthly and quarterly variables) over the period 1991 to 2010. Overall, we find that factor models perform well at tracking GDP movements and anticipating turning points. For most of the components, we report that factor models yield lower forecasting errors than a simple AR process or an indicator model based on Purchasing Managers’ Indicators (PMIs). In line with previous studies, we conclude that the largest improvements in terms of forecasting accuracy are found for more volatile periods, such as the recent financial crisis. However, unlike previous studies, we do not find evident links between the volatility of the components and the relative advantage of using factor models. Finally, we show that adding the PMI index as an independent explanatory variable improves the forecasting properties of the factor models.
description: Bien que l’utilité des modèles factoriels soit maintenant reconnue, leur pouvoir de prévision à l’égard de l’économie japonaise a été très peu étudié. Les auteurs se proposent de comparer la qualité des prévisions produites par divers modèles factoriels sur différentes périodes, dont l’une inclut la récente crise financière. Pour ce faire, ils construisent des modèles factoriels destinés à la prévision du produit intérieur brut (PIB) japonais et de ses composantes à partir de 38 séries de données (de fréquence quotidienne, mensuelle ou trimestrielle) couvrant les années 1991 à 2010. Globalement, les modèles factoriels réussissent bien à reproduire les mouvements du PIB et à anticiper les points de retournement. Ils produisent de meilleures prévisions pour la plupart des composantes qu’un simple processus autorégressif ou un modèle indicateur fondé sur un indice des directeurs d’achats. Conformément aux résultats de travaux antérieurs, les gains de précision les plus importants concernent les périodes de forte volatilité, dont la récente crise financière. À l’encontre de ces travaux, toutefois, les auteurs ne décèlent aucune relation apparente entre la volatilité des composantes à prévoir et le gain lié à l’emploi de modèles factoriels. Enfin, l’étude montre que la prise en compte de l’indice des directeurs d’achats à titre de variable explicative permet d’améliorer le pouvoir de prévision des modèles factoriels.
Pressure-tuning of the electron-phonon coupling: the insulator to metal transition in manganites
Creators: name: Postorino, P.
name: Congeduti, A.
name: Dore, P.
name: Gorelli, F. A.
name: Ulivi, L.
name: Sacchetti, A.
name: Kumar, A.
name: Sarma, D. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A comprehensive understanding of the physical origin of the unique magnetic and transport properties of A_(1-x)A'^xMnO_3 manganites (A = trivalent rare-earth and A' = divalent alkali-earth metal) is still far from being achieved. The complexity of these systems arises from the interplay among several competing interactions of comparable strength. Recently the electron-phonon coupling, triggered by a Jahn-Teller distortion of the MnO_6 octahedra, has been recognised to play an essential role in the insulator to metal transition and in the closely related colossal magneto-resistance. The pressure tuning of the octahedral distortion gives a unique possibility to separate the basic interactions and, at least in principle, to follow the progressive transformation of a manganite from an intermediate towards a weak electron-phonon coupling regime. Using a diamond anvil cell, temperature and pressure-dependent infrared absorption spectra of La_(0.75)Ca_(0.25)MnO_3 have been collected and, from the spectral weight analysis, the pressure dependence of the insulator to metal transition temperature T_IM has been determined for the first time up to 11.2 GPa. The T_IM(P) curve we proposed to model the present data revealed a universality character in accounting for the whole class of intermediate coupling compounds. This property can be exploited to distinguish the intermediate from the weak coupling compounds pointing out the fundamental differences between the two coupling regimes.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
A gigaparsec-scale local void and the Hubble tension
Creators: name: Ding, Qianhang
name: Nakama, Tomohiro
name: Wang, Yi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the possibility of using a gigaparsec-scale local void to reconcile the Hubble tension. Such a gigaparsec-scale void can be produced by multi-stream inflation where different parts of the observable universe follow different inflationary trajectories. The impact of such a void for cosmological observations is studied, especially those involving supernovae, Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) and the kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect. As a benchmark model, a 1.7Gpc scale with boundary width 0.7Gpc and density contrast -0.14 may ease the Hubble tension.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures
Pygopleurus zagrosensis NIKODYM & KRAL 1998
Creators: name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Nikodým, Milan
name: M, Pygopleurus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Glaphyridae
Pygopleurus
Pygopleurus zagrosensis

description: Pygopleurus zagrosensis NIKODÝM & KRÁL, 1998
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: Fars (KEITH & ULIANA 2008), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (NIKODÝM & KRÁL 1998 (Holotype ♂, 2 paratypes ♂, 2 paratypes ♀, MNC); BEZDĔK & HÁJEK 2009), Iran (no locality cited) (NIKODÝM & BEZDEK 2006, 2016; MONTREUIL & SERRI 2007; BUNALSKI et al. 2014).
G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Endemic to Iran (NIKODÝM & BEZDEK 2006, 2016).
description: Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan, Nikodým, Milan & M, Pygopleurus, 2018, An annotated checklist of Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Iran, pp. 1171-1193 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2) on page 1183, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5174099
BAKHTIN READS BRYUSOV: SALVATION AND CREATIVITY WITHOUT A SUBJECT
Creators: name: Markov, Alexander V.
Publisher: name: Новый филологический вестник
Year: 2021
Subjects: Bakhtin; Bryusov; philosophy of action; values; quotation; symbolism; terminology; salvation; theory of creativity; Russian religious philosophy

description: Although Bryusov was not one of Bakhtin’s favorite writers, Bryusov’s reflection on the genre of the novel The Fiery Angel and general attention to the aesthetics of Russian Symbolism deepened the thought of early Bakhtin about the specificity of aesthetic experience, expressed in his Toward a Philosophy of the Act. For Bakhtin, Bryusov’s novel was an example of a winning rejection of the patterns of a historical and biographical novel in favor of a certain pose, and in contrast to the pose of Mayakovsky and other pop poets, which heightens attention to the middle state of the subject. In his work cited, Bakhtin puts the action as a value above the subject, while overcoming the theoretical implications of axiology and criticizing theoreticism, and here the description of the subject’s anomalies in the novel The Fiery Angel and a specific understanding of the suggestive word constructions in Bryusov’s article Keys of Secrets turned out to be in demand. Starting from the positions of Rickert and Simmel and changing the inner meaning of the key terms of these thinkers, Bakhtin took several terms from the works of Bryusov, which the commentators did not pay attention to. This was the term “cognitive activity” (uznanie), which meant participatory cognition, “obsession activity” (oderzhanie), meaning situational obsession, and some others, as a hidden dialogue with Bryusov. At the same time, Bakhtin disputed the concepts of obsession and the triumph of science promoted by Bryusov, covertly opposing the main concept of progress to the renewed Christology of Berdyaev and Rozanov. In this Christology, the subject in comparison with the deed may turn out to be completely useless, and here Bakhtin used Bryusov’s category of “uselessness of creativity” for interpretation of salvation not as useful, but as a necessary act.
Type IIB String Backgrounds on Parallelizable PP-Waves and Conformal Liouville Theory
Creators: name: Hssaini, M.
name: Sedra, M. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The scope of this work concerns the adaptation of the parallelizability pp-wave (Ppp-wave) process to D=10 type IIB string backgrounds in the presence of the non-trivial anti-self dual R-R 5-form $\QTR{cal}{F}$. This is important in the sense that it gives rise to some unsuspected properties. In fact, exact solutions of type IIB string backgrounds on Ppp-waves are discussed. For the $u$-dependence of the dilaton field $Φ$, we establish explicitly a correspondence between type IIB supergravity equations of motion and 2d-conformal Liouville field theory. We show also that the corresponding conserved conformal current $T(Φ)$ coincides exactly with the trace of the symmetric matrix $μ_{ij}$ appearing in the quadratic front factor $F=μ_{ij}x^{i}x^{j}$ of the Ppp-wave. Furthermore, we consider the transverse space dependence of the dilaton $Φ$ and show that the supergravity equations are easily solved for the linear realization of the dilaton field. Other remarkable properties related to this case are also discussed.
description: LaTeX file, 16 pages,Extended discussion, References updated
A Critique of the Current Food System
Creators: name: Cotterill, Ronald
name: Cotterill, Ronald
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: regulation
subject: farm market
subject: antitrust

description: The U.S. economy is enjoying the longest economic expansion in history. Inflation is at an historic low, unemployment is also low, governments at all levels are enjoying surpluses, and the top 1% of the population, or some number thereabouts, are now millionaires due to the unprecedented advance of the U.S. stock market. Many of the poor and many minorities are now working rather than existing in a state of dependency. Crime is down. On the down side, income distribution has worsened, the rank and file working household has, to a large extent, only benefited by giving more hours to the labor market. And the focus of this conference, rural America, its farmers and related agribusinesses, have not participated in the economic boom of the 1990s. What is the problem?
title: Central Bank Communication or the Media’s Interpretation: What Moves Markets?
Creators: name: Hendry, Scott
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2012

description: The goal of this paper is to investigate what type of information from Bank of Canada communication statements or the market commentary based on these statements has a significant effect on the volatility or level of returns in a short-term interest rate market. Two different text mining methods are used to extract interpretable themes from the document set. Bank FAD press release themes emphasizing the balance of risks, effects on GDP, labour, investment, and the CPI, the terrorist attacks of 2001, and the economic effects of SARS, BSE, blackouts, and other shocks all tended to significantly reduce short-term BAX market volatility. In contrast, discussions of oil prices, the Canadian dollar, the inflation projection and whether the economy is at capacity, and certain forward looking statements significantly increased volatility. Market news stories often offset the effects of the Bank’s communication statements and were much more likely to increase market volatility while the Bank reduced it. Market stories were also more likely to have significant effects the greater the difference from the Bank news they covered but could still be important when largely replicating the original information.
description: L’étude a pour but d’examiner quel type d’information véhiculée dans les communications de la Banque du Canada, ou les commentaires ultérieurs des marchés, a une incidence significative sur la volatilité ou le niveau des rendements sur le marché des taux d’intérêt à court terme. L’auteur utilise deux méthodes d’exploration de textes pour extraire les thèmes interprétables de l’échantillon de documents. Les thèmes présents dans les communiqués de la Banque sur le taux directeur qui mettent l’accent sur la résultante des risques, les effets sur le PIB, le travail, l’investissement et l’IPC, les attentats terroristes de 2001 et les conséquences économiques de chocs tels que l’épidémie de SRAS, la découverte d’un cas de maladie de la vache folle et les pannes générales d’électricité ont tous tendance à abaisser substantiellement la volatilité du marché des contrats BAX à court terme. Par opposition, la présence de thèmes concernant les prix du pétrole, le dollar canadien, la projection en matière d’inflation, la capacité de production de l’économie et certaines déclarations prospectives font augmenter la volatilité de façon significative. Les commentaires des marchés font souvent contrepoids aux effets des communications de la Banque et sont beaucoup plus susceptibles d’accroître la volatilité des marchés, alors que les déclarations de la Banque ont un effet modérateur. En outre, plus les commentaires des marchés divergent de l’information véhiculée par la Banque, plus leur effet est important. Néanmoins, ceux qui reproduisent largement l’information d’origine peuvent aussi jouer un rôle notable.
Does commercialization of smallholder horticulture reduce rural poverty? Evidence based on household panel data from Kenya
Creators: name: Muriithi, Beatrice W.
name: Muriithi, Beatrice W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Horticulture
subject: commercialization
subject: smallholders
subject: poverty
subject: assets

description: This study utilize two-wave household level panel data spanning 5 years on smallholder vegetable producers in Central and Eastern Kenya to assess the effects of commercialization of horticulture on two major poverty outcomes: household income and asset holdings. Methods that exploit panel nature of data to account for observed and unobserved heterogeneity in the sample are used, thus improving upon methods that make no such considerations or rely on cross-sectional data methods. Standards fixed effect, two-step fixed effects approach borrowed from Heckman (1976)’s framework and fixed effect instrumental variable approach find positive effects of commercialization of vegetables through export market pathway on per adult equivalent income. Controlling for heterogeneity and selection bias provides smaller effects of this market pathway compared to the naïve pooled OLS. Similarly, the naïve model overestimates the effect of commercialization through the domestic market pathway on per adult equivalent income. Fixed effect models reveal limited potential of income generated from export market pathway to raise household assets but find positive effect of income from domestic market pathway to improvement of household asset capacity. Results suggest the argument of commercialization of smallholder horticultural farming as “pro-poor” development strategy should look beyond household income to other household welfare aspects such as assets. Further, measuring effects of commercialization of agriculture can be improved by using panel data and addressing both heterogeneity and selection bias, to avoid overestimation of effects of agriculture on poverty. Further research should focus on intra-household distribution and utilization of income generated from the vegetable enterprises.
Nonlinear Calculation Methods for Polymeric Materials in Structural Glass Construction - an Overview
Creators: name: Scherer, Christian
name: Scherer, Thomas
name: Schwarz, Thomas
name: Wittwer, Wolfgang
name: Semar, Ernst
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: Since time began there has been a strong fascination in foreseeing the behavior of buildings and constructions. Now In order to predict this behavior, we use experimental, and increasingly more time- and cost-effective, computational simulations. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is a method that has become increasingly prevalent and has become firmly established in aviation and vehicle construction for decades. In recent years, there has been a marked growth in the use of numerical simulations for the verification of adhesive bonds, particularly in façade development where polymeric materials such as sealants or thermoplastic spacers are becoming increasingly important. This is partly driven by their expansion stress behavior, which differs greatly from the classic linear behavior of established materials such as aluminum, steel or glass. The present work uses non-linear material laws for FEA and exhibits the behavior of the sealant joint in various load scenarios on several projects. The presented case studies show that the developed calculation methods can be used to describe polymeric materials very precisely and thus simulate a wide variety of load scenarios on glued components in time and money saving manner.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 7 (2020): Challenging Glass 7
Defect Melting Models for Cubic Lattices and Universal Laws for Melting Temperatures
Creators: name: Kleinert, Hagen
name: Jiang, Ying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We set up simple harmonic lattice models for elastic fluctuations in bcc and fcc lattices and the excitation of dislocations and disclinations. From these we derive, in a lowest approximation, universal formulas which predict melting temperatures in good agreement with the experiments. This new theory is more precise than Lindemann's rule by factor 2, and more predictive, since the size of the Lindemann number has to be fixed by experiments. In addition, our theory allows for systematic improvements.
description: 4 pages, Revtex 4
Glaphyrus (Glaphyrus) calvaster ZAITZEV 1923
Creators: name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Nikodým, Milan
name: M, Pygopleurus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Glaphyridae
Glaphyrus
Glaphyrus calvaster

description: Glaphyrus (Glaphyrus) calvaster ZAITZEV, 1923
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: WestAzarbaijan(MONTREUIL 2017).
G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Armenia (NIKODÝM & BEZDEK 2006, 2016).
description: Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan, Nikodým, Milan & M, Pygopleurus, 2018, An annotated checklist of Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Iran, pp. 1171-1193 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2) on page 1184, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5174099
Food Standards, Certification, and Poverty among Coffee Farmers in Uganda
Creators: name: Chiputwa, Brian
name: Qaim, Matin
name: Spielman, David J.
name: Chiputwa, Brian
name: Qaim, Matin
name: Spielman, David J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: coffee
subject: smallholder farmers
subject: Organic
subject: Fairtrade
subject: impact
subject: Uganda
subject: Africa

description: Private standards are gaining in importance in global markets for high-value foods. We analyze and compare impacts of three sustainability oriented standards – Fairtrade, Organic, and UTZ – on the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda. Using survey data and propensity score matching with multiple treatments, we find that Fairtrade certification increases household living standards by 30% and significantly reduces the prevalence and depth of poverty. For the other two certification schemes, no significant impacts are found. Institutional factors that may explain differential impacts are discussed. Overly general statements about the effects of standards on smallholder livelihoods may be misleading.
The structure and evolution of M51-type galaxies
Creators: name: Reshetnikov, V. P.
name: Klimanov, S. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the integrated kinematic parameters of 20 M51-type binary galaxies. A comparison of the orbital masses of the galaxies with the sum of the individual masses suggests that moderately massive dark halos surround bright spiral galaxies. The relative velocities of the galaxies in binary systems were found to decrease with increasing relative luminosity of the satellite. We obtained evidence that the Tully-Fisher relation for binary members could be flatter than that for local field galaxies. An enhanced star formation rate in the binary members may be responsible for this effect. In most binary systems, the direction of orbital motion of the satellite coincides with the direction of rotation of the main galaxy. Seven candidates for distant M51-type objects were found in the Northern and Southern Hubble Deep Fields. A comparison of this number with the statistics of nearby galaxies provides evidence for the rapid evolution of the space density of M51-type galaxies with redshift Z. We assume that M51-type binary systems could be formed through the capture of a satellite by a massive spiral galaxy. It is also possible that the main galaxy and its satellite in some of the systems have a common cosmological origin.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Astronomy Letters
Coupled Spin-Charge-Phonon Fluctuation in the All-In/All-Out Antiferromagnet Cd$_2$Os$_2$O$_7$
Creators: name: Koda, A.
name: Hirose, H. T.
name: Miyazaki, M.
name: Okabe, H.
name: Hiraishi, M.
name: Yamauchi, I.
name: Kojima, K. M.
name: Nagashima, I.
name: Yamaura, J.
name: Hiroi, Z.
name: Kadono, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a novel spin-charge fluctuation in the all-in-all-out pyrochlore magnet Cd$_2$Os$_2$O$_7$, where the spin fluctuation is driven by the conduction of thermally excited electrons/holes and associated fluctuation of Os valence. The fluctuation exhibits an activation energy significantly greater than the spin-charge excitation gap and a peculiar frequency range of $10^{6}$--$10^{10}$ s$^{-1}$. These features are attributed to the hopping motion of carriers as small polarons in the insulating phase, where the polaron state is presumably induced by the magnetoelastic coupling via the strong spin-orbit interaction. Such a coupled spin-charge-phonon fluctuation manifests as a part of the metal-insulator transition that is extended over a wide temperature range due to the modest electron correlation comparable with other interactions characteristic for 5$d$-subshell systems.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures, Supplemental Material
ИСТОРИОЦЕНТРИЧНЫЙ РОМАН: к постановке проблемы
Creators: name: Биктимиров Владислав Эдуардович
Publisher: name: Новый филологический вестник
Year: 2021
Subjects: исторический роман; историоцентричный роман; историоцентризм; современная немецкая литература; Й. Шимманг; «Новый центр»

description: Данная статья посвящена исследованию жанровой разновидности современной исторической прозы. Утверждается, что среди множества субжанров (историографический метароман, историософский роман, альтернативно-исторический роман) современного исторического романа существует историоцентричный роман, проблематика которого определяется вектором авторских размышлений над исторической судьбой нации. Цель статьи – обосновать наличие в новейшей словесности особой разновидности исторического романа, именуемой нами историоцентричным романом, и выявить его жанровую специфику. Методология в решении поставленной цели носит синтетический характер. Среди методов, в опоре на которые выполняется исследование, используются сравнительно-исторический, историко-культурный, а также подходы современной герменевтической теории. Материалом для настоящего анализа послужил роман «Новый центр» современного немецкого прозаика Йохена Шимманга. В ходе настоящего исследования доказывается, что мысль об истории в историоцентричном романе, возникшем под влиянием идей философии историоцентризма, воплощается в художественном произведении не через изображение исторических событий, а через систему историко-культурных аллюзий на национальную историю. Кроме этого, в романе «Новый центр» Й. Шимманга обнаруживается интенция решения поставленной исторической проблемы. Результаты проведенного анализа не только позволяют осветить особенности литературного процесса в Германии XX – XXI вв., но и обозначить перспективы дальнейших исследований, в частности расширение корпуса текстов, подходящих под данную жанровую номинацию.
Controlling transport of underdamped particles in two-dimensional driven Bravais lattices
Creators: name: Mukhopadhyay, Aritra K.
name: Schmelcher, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate the directed transport of underdamped particles in two dimensional lattices of arbitrary geometry driven by an unbiased ac-driving force. The direction of transport can be controlled via the lattice geometry as well as the strength and orientation of the oscillating drive. The breaking of the spatial inversion symmetry, which is necessary for the emergence of directed transport, is achieved solely due to the structure and geometry of the lattice. The most important criterion determining the transport direction is shown to be the ballistic attractors underlying the phase space of our weakly dissipative non-linear dynamical system. This allows the prediction of transport direction even for setups like driven oblique lattices where the standard symmetry arguments of transport control fail. Our results can be experimentally realized using holographic optical lattice based setups with colloids or cold atoms.
Slow dynamics under gravity: a nonlinear diffusion model
Creators: name: Arenzon, Jeferson J.
name: Levin, Yan
name: Sellitto, Mauro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analytical and numerical study of a nonlinear diffusion model which describes density relaxation of loosely packed particles under gravity and weak random (thermal) vibration, and compare the results with Monte Carlo simulations of a lattice gas under gravity. The dynamical equation can be thought of as a local density functional theory for a class of lattice gases used to model slow relaxation of glassy and granular materials. The theory predicts a jamming transition line between a low density fluid phase and a high density glassy regime, characterized by diverging relaxation time and logarithmic or power-law compaction according to the specific form of the diffusion coefficient. In particular, we show that the model exhibits history dependent properties, such as quasi reversible-irreversible cycle and memory effects -- as observed in recent experiments, and dynamical heterogeneities.
description: 14 pages, submitted to Physica A
Behaviour of Different Glass Elements subjected to Elevated Temperatures – State of the Art
Creators: name: Symoens, Evelien
name: Van Coile, Ruben
name: Belis, Jan
Publisher: name: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings
Year: 2020

description: Glass has become an indispensable construction material. However, in extreme events such as fire, the behaviour of glass elements is still relatively unknown. The susceptibility of glass to thermal shock and its changeable material properties when subjected to high temperatures make predicting the behaviour of glass elements during fire complex. Practical applications of fire-resistant glazing, however, already exist as infill panels and frameless glass walls/doors, and are commonly used. They are highly effective to maintain compartmentation, providing temporary protection of the unexposed side against the passage of flames and smoke and, depending on the classification, they also provide thermal insulation. This paper gives an overview of experimental research performed on glazing subjected to fire loading. Outcomes of temperature-dependent properties, monolithic glazing and multi-glazed products are summarised to create an insight in the thermal behaviour. The current shortcomings to determine the fire resistance of glazing are identified and promising numerical software developments are summarised.
description: Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, Vol. 7 (2020): Challenging Glass 7
Glaphyrus (Glaphyrus) cinnaberinus SCHWEIGER 1949
Creators: name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Nikodým, Milan
name: M, Pygopleurus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Glaphyridae
Glaphyrus
Glaphyrus cinnaberinus

description: Glaphyrus (Glaphyrus) cinnaberinus SCHWEIGER, 1949
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: Kermanshan(SCHWEIGER 1949; NIKODÝM & KEITH 2007).
G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Endemic to Iran (NIKODÝM & BEZDEK 2016).
C o m m e n t s: This species is known only upon the original description and assigned on the basis of it.
description: Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan, Nikodým, Milan & M, Pygopleurus, 2018, An annotated checklist of Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Iran, pp. 1171-1193 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2) on page 1184, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5174099
Arachidonic acid hyperpolarizes mesenchymal stromal cells from the human adipose tissue by stimulating TREK1 K+ channels
Creators: name: Tarasov, Michail V.
name: Kotova, Polina D.
name: Bystrova, Marina F.
name: Kabanova, Natalia V.
name: Sysoeva, Veronika Yu.
name: Kolesnikov, Stanislav S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: The current knowledge of electrogenesis in mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) remains scarce. Earlier, we demonstrated that in MSCs from the human adipose tissue, transduction of certain agonists involved the phosphoinositide cascade. Its pivotal effector PLC generates DAG that can regulate ion channels directly or via its derivatives, including arachidonic acid (AA). Here we showed that AA strongly hyperpolarized MSCs by stimulating instantly activating, outwardly rectifying TEA-insensitive K+ channels. Among AA-regulated K+ channels, K2P channels from the TREK subfamily appeared to be an appropriate target. The expression of K2P channels in MSCs was verified by RT-PCR, which revealed TWIK-1, TREK-1, and TASK-5 transcripts. The TREK-1 inhibitor spadin antagonized the electrogenic action of AA, which was simulated by the channel activator BL 1249. This functional evidence suggested that TREK-1 channels mediated AA-dependent hyperpolarization of MSCs. Being mostly silent at rest, TREK-1 negligibly contributed to the “background” K+ current. The dramatic stimulation of TREK-1 channels by AA indicates their involvement in AA-dependent signaling in MSCs.