cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Equine Operant Conditioning: Autoshaping, Observational Learning, and Discriminative Stimulus Intensity
Creators: name: Stewart, Paul H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1992

description: This thesis is compromised of three studies in which basic principles of operant conditioning were applied to horses. Autoshaping was examined as a method for horse training. Observational learning was investigated to confirm that naive horses can, in fact,
acquire novel behavior by observing experienced horses, and the rate of acquisition with observation is more rapid than spontaneous responding without observation. A third study examined the effect of discriminative stimulus intensity on the acquisition rate of novel behavior.
All subjects learned to use an operant conditioning device. Subjects in the first study autoshaped. Observational learning was also demonstrated to be a means by which horses can learn. The rate of learning was significantly improved through observation. Intensity of the discriminative stimulus affects the acquisition of novel behavior. The subject exposed to the higher intensity stimulus acquired sustained manipulandum pressing significantly faster than other subjects.
It was concluded that horses acquire behavior in much the same manner as other species.
title: The Generalization of Treatment Gains of Mildly Handicapped Adolescents from Special Education to Regular Education Classrooms Using Peer-Mediated Self-Management Procedures
Creators: name: Smith, Deborah J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1988

description: The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether a self-evaluation procedure paired with a token economy would be effective in reducing the off-task and talk-out behavior of behaviorally disordered and learning disabled high school students in a resource classroom. The study also examined the effects of the seIf evaluation procedures when monitored by regular education peers on target students' behavior in their regular education English class . In addition to improving classroom behavior, another purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of the self-evaluation procedures when paired with an academic goal-setting component on academic variables in both the resource and regular education classrooms.
The results revealed that student behavior generally improved after self-evaluation procedures were taught in the resource room and that improved behavior generalized to the regular class once peers implemented the matching component of the self-management procedures. As a group, students' average rate of off-task behavior decreased 17% in the resource room and 35% in the regular class. Averages rates of talk-outs for the group were reduced by 6% in the resource room and 24% in the regular class. Gains in academic performance were observed in both the special and regular classrooms. An increase in the number of assignments completed was observed following the implementation of the self-management procedures across all subjects in the special education class, as was an increase in the overall percentage of those assignments that were correct. Similarly, the percent complete on assignments in the regular class increased on the average 20% while the percent correct increased 24% following the implementation of the matching procedures.
The value of clinical trials : a New Zealand case study
Creators: name: Murphy, LM
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Objective: The research question addressed in this thesis is - 'What is the value of conducting sponsored clinical trials in a publicly funded New Zealand hospital?' Methods: The research design is a simultaneous parallel mixed method design that incorporates two strands (1) A quantitative analysis of economic outcomes and (2) a qualitative analysis of perceived value. In the first strand, quantitative methods draw on the data relating to two sponsored clinical trials. The data include Ministry of Health data, The Centre for Clinical Research and Effective Practice (CCRep) profit and loss statements, Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB) annual reports and Chronic Care Management (CCM) data and results from a health outcome co-study. The second strand uses qualitative methods to explore the benefits and costs of sponsored clinical trials perceived by stakeholders. The study gathers data using focus groups, interviews and surveys and adopts a qualitative descriptive approach followed by a phenomenographical analysis. Results: The economics outcomes strand finds that CCRep, CMDHB and New Zealand society all derive financial benefits from these trials. The magnitude of the economic benefits differs depending on the perspective taken. Both CCRep and CMDHB have benefits that are positive but small. The largest and potentially the most controversial benefit is a benefit to New Zealand society of over 373,000 dollars. The qualitative results suggest that the benefits of conducting sponsored clinical trials within a publicly funded New Zealand hospital outweigh the costs in respect of all stakeholder groups. The results allow classification of the stakeholders into three layers: societal; where benefits and costs are filtered by political and social opinions; organisational; where benefits and costs are seen in terms of their influence on organisational functions and personal; where benefits and costs are seen as contributing to the psycho-social, cognitive, physical and behavioural needs of individuals. Conclusion: Public bodies must be mindful of the wider economic, social and cultural implications of their activities. This study demonstrates the value created from conducting clinical trials. The adoption of qualitative and quantitative methods to measure this value produces a more rounded analysis than would be the product of either approach on its own.
title: Estimation of Crop Evapotranspiration by Means of the Penman-Monteith Equation
Creators: name: Vanderkimpen, Paul J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1991

description: This study evaluated the potential of using simple, semi-empirical resistance models for the direct estimation of crop evapotranspiration as an alternative to the traditional approach involving a reference equation and a crop coefficient. It consisted of three major parts.
The first part originally aimed at the development of simple expressions for the aerodynamic and surface resistance terms in the Penman-Monteith equation. This goal could not be achieved because of two reasons: First, the determination of aerodynamic resistance was rendered impossible because of problems with the measurements, and, secondly, the values of surface resistance, back-calculated from the Penman-Monteith equation, turned out to be very sensitive to the estimates of aerodynamic resistance.
In the second part, two forms of the Penman-Monteith equation and one form of the Shuttleworth-Wallace model were compared to each other and to the traditional KimberlyPenman approach. The analysis showed that (1) it was possible to fit a simple form of the Penman-Monteith equation to measured data, (2) one form of the Penman-Monteith equation allowed a better fit than the KimberlyPenman approach and ( 3) the Shuttleworth-Wallace model provided a slightly better fit to the data than the Penman-Monteith equation.
In the third part, the possibility of estimating net radiation and soil heat flux was investigated and a comparison was made between meteorological observations obtained at a grassed weather station and those obtained above an agricultural crop. The results indicated that (1) it was difficult to obtain an accurate estimate of net radiation or soil heat flux for a partial canopy and (2) major differences existed between measurements of vapor pressure deficit and wind speed obtained above an agricultural crop and at a grassed weather station.
From the analysis, it is concluded that the benefit of using a semi-empirical form of the Penman-Monteith equation instead of the traditional approach is limited, in particular for the prediction of crop evapotranspiration from limited historical measurements executed at a grassed weather station. As an alternative, the use of an elaborate multi-layer model for the determination of more versatile crop coefficients is suggested.
title: Can Duration -- Interest Rate Risk -- and Convexity Explain the Fractional Price Change and Market Risk of Equities?
Creators: name: Cheney, David L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1993

description: In the last two decades, duration analysis has been largely applied to fixed - income securities . However, since rising and falling interest rates have been determined to be a major cause of stock price movements, equity duration has received a great deal of attention.
The duration of an equity is a measure of its interest rate risk. Duration is the sensitivity of the price of an equity with respect to the interest rate. Convexity is the sensitivity of duration with respect to the interest rate.
The analysis revealed that the fractional price change and market risk of equities can be explained by duration and convexity.
MIMAC : a micro-TPC detector for non-baryonic dark matter search
Creators: name: Mayet, F.
name: Guillaudin, O.
name: Santos, D.
name: Trichet, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The MIMAC project is multi-chamber detector for Dark Matter search, aiming at measuring both track and ionization with a matrix of micromegas micro-TPC filled with He3 and CF4. Recent experimental results on the first measurements of the Helium quenching factor at low energy (1 keV recoil) are presented.
description: 7 pages, Proc of Dark Energy and Dark Matter conference, Lyon : France (2008)
title: A Comparison of Models to Forecast Annual Average Potato Prices in Utah
Creators: name: Erikson, Glade R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1993

description: Potatoes are a capital-intensive crop. A farmer who is considering expanding his potato acreage must carefully consider revenue requirements to offset the high costs of raising the crop. A method to forecast annual farm potato prices would be useful not only to the farmer, who is considering potato acreage expansion (or contraction), but also to the potato buyers.
Seven forecasting models were considered: (1) a simultaneous equation model (with five equations); (2) a Box-Jenkins type ARIMA model; (3) an exponential smoothing model; (4) a moving-ave rage model; (5) a trend model; (6) an "opposite" model; and (7) a current. or naive, model.
The results reveal the following three things: (I) The "best" model was the trend model. This model gave the most accurate one-period out-of-sample forecasts of the models tested (as measured by the mean absolute error (MAE), the root mean squared error (RMSE), and Theil's U2 statistics). The simultaneous equation model could be considered as the next best model. (2) The forecast for the average Utah farm potato price for 1992 was about $5.40 per cwt. (3) The average Utah farm potato price for 1993 should be in the $5.51 to $5.95 range (the forecasts from the trend and simultaneous equation models, respectively).
Dynamics of Toroidal Spiral Strings around Five-dimensional Black Holes
Creators: name: Igata, Takahisa
name: Ishihara, Hideki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the separability of the Nambu-Goto equation for test strings in a shape of toroidal spiral in a five-dimensional Kerr-AdS black hole. In particular, for a `{\it Hopf loop}\rq string which is a special class of the toroidal spiral strings, we show the complete separation of variables occurs in two cases, Kerr background and Kerr-AdS background with equal angular momenta. We also obtain the dynamical solution for the Hopf loop around a black hole and for the general toroidal spiral in Minkowski background.
description: 16 pages, 1 figure, minor changes, references added
title: Integration of Short-Run Exchange Rate Dynamics With Long-Run Equilibrium: An Empirical Analysis
Creators: name: Biswas, Sugata
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1993

description: This study investigates the linkage between long-run and short-run dynamics of exchange rate determination for the German mark/U.S. dollar quarterly rate for the period 1973-1990. Earlier investigations failed to explicitly take into account the possible nonstationarity of the data set they were using. This study continues the work performed in this area by applying modern econometric techniques to empirical tests of the Dornbusch model. In essence, this study revives the monetary model and determines if the empirical analysis using the German/U.S. case derives elements which are compatible with the monetary theory of exchange rate determination.
2D non-LTE radiative modelling of He I spectral lines formed in solar prominences
Creators: name: Leger, L.
name: Paletou, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The diagnosis of new high-resolution spectropolarimetric observations of solar prominences made in the visible and near-infrared mainly, requires a radiative modelling taking into account for both multi-dimensional geometry and complex atomic models. Hereafter we contribute to the improvement of the diagnosis based on the observation of He I multiplets, by considering 2D non-LTE unpolarized radiation transfer, and taking also into account the atomic fine structure of helium. It is an improvement and a direct application of the multi-grid Gauss-Seidel/SOR iterative scheme in 2D cartesian geometry developed by us. It allows us to compute realistic emergent intensity profiles for the He I 10830 A and D3 multiplets, which can be directly compared to the simultaneous and high-resolution observations made at THeMIS. A preliminary 2D multi-thread modelling is also discussed.
description: 6 pages, 9 figures, A&A
title: Ringtail Distribution, Dermatoglyphics, and Diet in Zion National Park, Utah
Creators: name: Roadman, Adrian Argie
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Current scientific knowledge of the ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is limited, thus impeding appropriate management decisions. Ringtails in Zion National Park, Utah, are rarely seen, but are involved in increasing occurrences of negative interactions with park visitors and employees such as food theft and denning in buildings, interactions which are harmful to both parties. To manage this conflict, an update to the general knowledge about the status of the population is required as the only previous study on ringtails in this area was conducted in the 1960s. Using noninvasive techniques provides dependable large-scale population information. I used two noninvasive detection methods in combination to establish a robust occupancy estimate of the ringtail population in Zion National Park. Ringtails were detected in 2 of 3 focus areas in the park, but at low densities. This study included the development of a novel method to individually identify ringtails by their footprints. I used the Interactive Individual Identification System (I3S) software to determine if individuals could be identified using the pattern formed by papillae and ridges of the footpad. Ringtails’ footpad prints consistently resulted in a unique pattern recognizable by simple visual analysis and a computer-aided analysis of the prints in a database; however more research is needed for the applicability using field data. Ringtail densities were highest in the areas of greatest human activity. The proximity to humans may be impacting ringtail diet and consequently their health. I collected scat in areas of high and low human use to quantify the change in diet resulting from food acquired around human establishments. Ringtails living in areas of high human activity exhibited a change in diet, including the presence of human trash such as foil and plastic; this has implications for ringtail health and human safety. Ringtails acquiring food from human sources may increase their activities around buildings and areas with high human activity, resulting in an increased chance of direct and indirect human-ringtail interactions. Active management of human activities and regular building maintenance is required in the future to decrease negative consequences of ringtail use and presence in areas of high human activity.
Structure Formation in Various Dynamical Dark Energy Scenarios
Creators: name: Reyhani, Masoume
name: Najafi, Mahdi
name: Firouzjaee, Javad T.
name: Di Valentino, Eleonora
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This research investigates the impact of the nature of Dark Energy (DE) on structure formation, focusing on the matter power spectrum and the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect (ISW). By analyzing the matter power spectrum at redshifts $z = 0$ and $z = 5$, as well as the ISW effect on the scale of $\ell = 10-100$, the study provides valuable insights into the influence of DE equations of state (EoS) on structure formation. The findings reveal that dynamical DE models exhibit a stronger matter power spectrum compared to constant DE models, with the JBP model demonstrating the highest amplitude and the CPL model the weakest. Additionally, the study delves into the ISW effect, highlighting the time evolution of the ISW source term $\mathcal{F}(a)$ and its derivative $d\mathcal{F}(a)/da$, and demonstrating that models with constant DE EoS exhibit a stronger amplitude of $\mathcal{F}(a)$ overall, while dynamical models such as CPL exhibit the highest amplitude among the dynamical models, whereas JBP has the lowest. The study also explores the ISW auto-correlation power spectrum and the ISW cross-correlation power spectrum, revealing that dynamical DE models dominate over those with constant DE EoS across various surveys. Moreover, it emphasizes the potential of studying the non-linear matter power spectrum and incorporating datasets from the small scales to further elucidate the dynamical nature of dark energy. This comprehensive analysis underscores the significance of both the matter power spectrum and the ISW signal in discerning the nature of dark energy, paving the way for future research to explore the matter power spectrum at higher redshifts and in the non-linear regime, providing deeper insights into the dynamical nature of dark energy.
Acute Abdomen (Upper GI) Clinical Management
Creators: name: Khan, Samahir Tariq
name: Awan, Zainab Rabail
name: Bibi, Fatima
name: Hingoro, Zubair
name: Devnani, Lajwanti
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Abdominal Pain
Peritonitis
Liver Abscess
Gallbladder
Duodenal Ulcer
Lap-chole

description: Slideshow on common emergencies causing acute abdominal pain, namely, Acute cholecystitis, liver abscess and perforated duodenal ulcer. Excerpts from Bailey and Love’s short practice of surgery highlighting the classic presentation and management are added, with keen focus on the latest surgical approaches.
The falling appart of the tagged fragment and the asymptotic disintegration of the Brownian height fragmentation
Creators: name: Bravo, Gerónimo Uribe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60G18 (Primary), 60J65 (Secondary)

description: We present a further analysis of the fragmentation at heights of the normalized Brownian excursion. Specifically we study a representation for the mass of a tagged fragment in terms of a Doob transformation of the 1/2-stable subordinator and use it to study its jumps; this accounts for a description of how a typical fragment falls apart. These results carry over to the height fragmentation of the stable tree. Additionally, the sizes of the fragments in the Brownian fragmentation when it is about to reduce to dust are described in a limit theorem.
description: 23 pages, 4 figures, AMSLaTeX (PDFLaTeX), accepted in Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincar\'e (B)
First test of a cryogenic scintillation module with a CaWO4 scintillator and a low-temperature photomultiplier down to 6 K
Creators: name: Kraus, H.
name: Mikhailik, V. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Future cryogenic experiments searching for rare events require reliable, efficient and robust techniques for the detection of photons at temperatures well below that to which low-temperature photomultipliers (PMT) were characterised. Motivated by this we investigated the feasibility of a low-temperature PMT for the detection of scintillation from crystalline scintillators at T = 6 K. The scintillation module was composed of a CaWO4 scintillator and a low-temperature PMT D745B from ET Enterprises. The PMT responsivity was studied at T=290, 77 and 6 K using gamma-quanta from 241Am (60 keV) and 57Co (122 and 136 keV) sources. We have shown that the low-temperature PMT retains its single photon counting ability even at cryogenic temperatures. At T = 6 K, the response of the PMT decreases to 51 +- 13 % and 27 +- 6 % when assessed in photon counting and pulse height mode, respectively. Due to the light yield increase of the CaWO4 scintillating crystal the overall responsivity of the scintillation modules CaWO4+PMT is 94 +- 15 % (photon counting) and 48 +- 8 % (pulse height) when cooling to T = 6 K. The dark count rate was found to be 20 s-1. The energy resolution of the module remains similar to that measured at room temperature using either detection mode. It is concluded that commercially available low-temperature PMT are well suited for detection of scintillation light at cryogenic temperatures.
Careers and Academic Department Collaboration: Department of Geography and Geology Employability Week 2019
Creators: name: Murray, Debby
name: Jones, Susan
Publisher: name: Edge Hill University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Presentation from Debby Murray (Careers Adviser) and Dr. Susan Jones (Lecturer in Geographical Information Systems)
High intensity collaborative work out! The Department of Geography and Geology, along with Careers are in training to achieve their best set of Graduate Outcomes ever. Find out how one week can make a significant difference!
Sue Jones and Debby Murray describe the planning process, content and sustained impact of the Department of Geography and Geology's Employability Week and how working together provides the ultimate student support.
Photometric and spectroscopic detection of the primary transit of the 111-day-period planet HD 80606 b
Creators: name: Moutou, C.
name: Hebrard, G.
name: Bouchy, F.
name: Eggenberger, A.
name: Boisse, I.
name: Bonfils, X.
name: Gravallon, D.
name: Ehrenreich, D.
name: Forveille, T.
name: Delfosse, X.
name: Desort, M.
name: Lagrange, A-M.
name: Lovis, C.
name: Mayor, M.
name: Pepe, F.
name: Perrier, C.
name: Pont, F.
name: Queloz, D.
name: Santos, N.
name: Segransan, D.
name: Udry, S.
name: Vidal-Madjar, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the detection of the primary transit of the extra-solar planet HD 80606 b, thanks to photometric and spectroscopic observations performed at Observatoire de Haute-Provence, simultaneously with the CCD camera at the 120-cm telescope and the SOPHIE spectrograph at the 193-cm telescope. We observed the whole egress of the transit and partially its central part, in both data sets with the same timings. The ingress occurred before sunset and was not observed. The full duration of the transit was between 9.5 and 17.2 hours. The data allows the planetary radius to be measured (Rp = 0.9 +- 0.1 RJup) and other parameters of the system to be refined. Radial velocity measurements show the detection of a prograde Rossiter-McLaughlin effect, and provide a hint for a spin-orbit misalignment. If confirmed, this misalignment would corroborate the hypothesis that HD 80606 b owes its unusual orbital configuration to Kozai migration. HD 80606 b is by far the transiting planet on the longest period detected today. Its unusually small radius reinforces the observed relationship between the planet radius and the incident flux received from the star and opens new questions for theory. Orbiting a quite bright star (V=9), it opens opportunities to numerous follow-up studies.
description: revised after acceptance
title: Stability of W1/O/W2 Double Emulsion Made With Milk Fat and a Simplified Make Procedure and Its Use in Reduced-Fat Cheese
Creators: name: Clayton, Daniel Bradley
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: As overweight and obesity numbers continue to climb around the world, consumers continue to search for reduced-fat alternatives to foods they often consume. Given that cheese is naturally high in fat, this is one food that is often targeted for fat reduction. However, as fat plays an important functional role in the texture of cheese by breaking up the continuous protein matrix, reduced-fat products tend to be very chewy and rubbery compared to their full-fat counterparts.
My study aimed at producing a reduced-fat cheese with improved texture compared to other reduced-fat cheese products by incorporating a double emulsion into the cheese in place of cream. The double emulsion consisted of small water droplets dispersed within oil droplets, which in turn were dispersed within a secondary water phase. The oil droplets that would then be incorporated into the cheese could essentially be made up of 40% water droplets and only 60% fat, allowing for a cheese to be designed with the same number of fat droplets as full-fat cheese while having a 40% fat reduction.
In my experiments, I made cheese with varying levels of fat using the double emulsion, along with reduced-fat and full-fat control cheeses that contained oil droplets composed entirely of fat. Though retention of double emulsion in the cheese due to its inherent instability was the key factor, I found that the double emulsion cheeses had similar to improved textural qualities compared to the control cheeses of higher fat.
Why Pastoral Care Policy Affects Experiences, Productivity & Uptake in Seasonal Worker Programs
Creators: name: Bailey, Rochelle
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
Year: 2015

description: This In Brief uses evidence-based research from New Zealand examining pastoral care. It highlights policy expectations and experiences for employers and employees, which affect uptake in seasonal worker programs; consequences on productivity and decisions for future participation.
Catholic patriotism in the United States :an echo of the Catholic patriotic demonstration at Washington, D.C., on Memorial Day, 1917, in the plaza between the Capitol and the statue of Christopher Columbus, Cardinal Gibbons in attendance. speech of former governor Martin H. Glynn of New York.
Creators: name: Glynn, Martin Henry, 1871-1924.
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description: Not Assigned
title: Bay of Bengal: Coupling of Pre-Monsoon Tropical Cyclones With the Monsoon Onset in Myanmar
Creators: name: Fosu, Boniface Opoku
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Myanmar remained largely closed to the world through political instability for several years, when it continued to suffer terribly at the hands of nature that remained largely unknown. Of note is the period between 2008 and 2013, during which the country suffered at least eight major natural calamities that killed more than 141,000 people and affected 3.2 million. The worst of these was Cyclone Nargis in May 2008 that killed more than 130,000. With an estimated $4 billion in damages, Nargis remains the deadliest and most destructive named cyclone ever to have occurred in the North Indian Ocean. Recent studies have shown that, due to increased greenhouse gases and aerosol loading in the atmosphere, more and stronger tropical cyclones (TCs) in the last three decades are tracking eastwards toward the Indochina peninsula. Unfortunately, the Burmese lack the capacity to deal with the impacts of such storms.
Myanmar was left behind as the world made significant technological and industrial advancement; but agriculture, which employs at least 65% of the active labor force, has remained the backbone of the Myanmar economy – an industry that is heavily reliant on monsoon rainfall. The pre-monsoon TC season in the Bay of Bengal (BoB) precedes the onset of the Myanmar monsoon but sometimes the two (i.e.TC formation and the monsoon onset) occur in unison. This work studied the mechanism by which the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) modulates the Myanmar monsoon onset and TC activity collectively (i.e. ISO-Onset-TC connection). Avoiding TC destruction at the beginning of the planting season is crucial, so is the monsoon onset date critical for planning. Additional understanding of the aforementioned ISO-Onset-TC connection could provide further insight into predicting the Myanmar monsoon onset and aid in disaster planning for TC impact.
This research is part of a two-year NASA funded project to study extreme climate and weather events.
Crystal structure of (η4-cycloocta-1,5-dien)(1,2-bis(diethylphosphino)-ethane)rhodium(I) tetrafluoroborate, [Rh(C8H12(C10H24P2)]BF4)
Creators: name: Kempe, R.
name: Spannenberg, A..
name: Heller, D.
name: Drexler, H.-J.
Publisher: name: München : R. Oldenbourg Verlag GmbH
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Crystal structure
subject: Chemistry
subject: 540

description: C18H36BF4P2RI1, monoclinic, P121/n1 (no. 14), a = 15.522(3) Å, b = 9.173(2) Å, c = 15.862(3) Å, β = 103.91(3)°, V= 2192.3 Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.037, wRref(F2) = 0.087, T=200 K.
The role of rare-earth atoms in the anisotropy and antiferromagnetic exchange coupling at a hybrid metal-organic interface
Creators: name: Blanco-Rey, María
name: Castrillo, Rodrigo
name: Ali, Khadiza
name: Gargiani, Pierluigi
name: Ilyn, Max
name: Gastaldo, Michele
name: Paradinas, Markos
name: Valbuena, Miguel A.
name: Mugarza, Aitor
name: Ortega, J. Enrique
name: Schiller, Frederik
name: Fernández, Laura
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic anisotropy and magnetic exchange interactions are crucial parameters that characterize the hybrid metal-organic interface, key component of an organic spintronic device. We show that the incorporation of 4$f$ RE atoms to hybrid metal-organic interfaces of CuPc/REAu$_2$ type (RE= Gd, Ho) constitutes a feasible approach towards on-demand magnetic properties and functionalities. The GdAu$_2$ and HoAu$_2$ substrates differ in their magnetic anisotropy behavior. Remarkably, the HoAu$_2$ surface boosts the inherent out-of-plane anisotropy of CuPc, owing to the match between the anisotropy axis of substrate and molecule. Furthermore, the presence of RE atoms leads to a spontaneous antiferromagnetic (AFM) exchange coupling at the interface, induced by the 3$d$-4$f$ superexchange interaction between the unpaired 3$d$ electron of CuPc and the 4$f$ electrons of the RE atoms. We show that 4$f$ RE atoms with unquenched quantum orbital momentum ($L$), as it is the case of Ho, induce an anisotropic interfacial exchange coupling.
description: Main paper: 10 pages and 3 figures; Supplementary Material: 13 pages, 5 figures
The Big Read
Creators: name: Clark, Alison
name: Campbell, Charlotte
Publisher: name: Edge Hill University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Find out more about The Big Read, a pre-arrival shared reading scheme that aims to make new students feel welcome, give them something in common with other first year students and create links between them and the wider university community, all before they arrive on campus
Resonant Nonlinear Damping of Quantized Spin Waves in Ferromagnetic Nanowires
Creators: name: Boone, Carl
name: Katine, Jordan
name: Childress, Jeff
name: Tiberkevich, Vasil
name: Slavin, Andrei
name: Zhu, Jian
name: Cheng, Xiao
name: Krivorotov, Ilya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use spin torque ferromagnetic resonance to measure the spectral properties of dipole-exchange spin waves in permalloy nanowires. Our measurements reveal that geometric confinement has a profound effect on the damping of spin waves in the nanowire geometry. The damping parameter of the lowest-energy quantized spin wave mode depends on applied magnetic field in a resonant way and exhibits a maximum at a field that increases with decreasing nanowire width. This enhancement of damping originates from a nonlinear resonant three-magnon confluence process allowed at a particular bias field value determined by quantization of the spin wave spectrum in the nanowire geometry.
title: The Impact of Participation in the Food Dudes Healthy Eating Program on Dietary Habits in Fourth and Fifth Grade Students in Cache County Utah After One Year
Creators: name: Jones, Amanda B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Adolescents are not consuming the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables (FV). An overall decrease in diet quality is seen as adolescents get older, with decreases in fruit and vegetable intake and increases in energy dense food intake. The aim of this study was to test whether or not the Food Dudes (FD) healthy eating program helps to prevent decreases in fruit and vegetable intake and increases in energy dense foods during the transition from elementary school into middle school.
Past FD studies supported the use of repeated tasting, rewards, and role modeling to encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables at school with data from studies of young children. A review of available literature on effectiveness of these techniques in adolescents found evidence that the program may also be effective for adolescents.
Participants were 4th and 5th graders (n=874) from 6 elementary schools, recruited during the 2011-2012 school year. Treatment group was assigned by school and included a prize condition, a praise condition, and a control. Students were followed into the 2012-2013 school year when the 5th grade cohort entered middle school. During 2012-2013 an additional control group was recruited from three middle schools (n = 154).
Results showed short term success at increasing FV intake and that the program had some long term success preventing large drops in FV intake. A small to medium positive correlation was seen between energy dense snack foods and total FV intake (r ranging from .125 to .355, p
The results of this study suggest that the FD program may play a role in helping to maintain lunch time FV intake during the transition into middle school. The results for the impact on total FV intake and total diet were less conclusive due to problems in the self-reported data. Future studies on this topic should look for a better method for tracking changes in total FV intake and total diet.
Educational centralization and the rise of the legislative state: school governance in Tasmania and New South Wales, 1830-1885
Creators: name: Braun, S
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This study of the emergence of centralized systems of school governance in nineteenth century Tasmania and New South Wales addresses an age-old question in Australian history writing. The decision to re-enter this debate is guided by a belief that existing histories have not sufficiently accounted for the relationship between educational change and the emergence of the modem Australian state. This failure to explore the state
Time-Warping Invariants of Multidimensional Time Series
Creators: name: Diehl, Joscha
name: Ebrahimi-Fard, Kurusch
name: Tapia, Nikolas
Publisher: name: Dordrecht [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Area-operation
subject: Hoffman’s exponential
subject: Hopf algebra
subject: Quasi-shuffle product
subject: Quasisymmetric functions
subject: Signature
subject: Standing-still invariance
subject: Time series analysis
subject: Time warping
subject: 510

description: In data science, one is often confronted with a time series representing measurements of some quantity of interest. Usually, in a first step, features of the time series need to be extracted. These are numerical quantities that aim to succinctly describe the data and to dampen the influence of noise. In some applications, these features are also required to satisfy some invariance properties. In this paper, we concentrate on time-warping invariants. We show that these correspond to a certain family of iterated sums of the increments of the time series, known as quasisymmetric functions in the mathematics literature. We present these invariant features in an algebraic framework, and we develop some of their basic properties. © 2020, The Author(s).
Personal Tutoring
Creators: name: Akahoho, Kirsty
Publisher: name: Edge Hill University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Download the presentation to hear the audio track on each slide.

Our Quercus student records system can be used to help Personal Tutors access and store student information, and effectively communicate with these learners. This presentation gives an insight into the benefits and how to access these areas of the system.
Moving least squares via orthogonal polynomials
Creators: name: Carley, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65D25, 65D05, 42C05

description: A method for moving least squares interpolation and differentiation is presented in the framework of orthogonal polynomials on discrete points. This yields a robust and efficient method which can avoid singularities and breakdowns in the moving least squares method caused by particular configurations of nodes in the system. The method is tested by applying it to the estimation of first and second derivatives of test functions on random point distributions in two and three dimensions and by examining in detail the evaluation of second derivatives on one selected configuration. The accuracy and convergence of the method are examined with respect to length scale (point separation) and the number of points used. The method is found to be robust, accurate and convergent.
description: Extensively revised in response to referees' comments
Mental Health Awareness
Creators: name: Corryn Brown
Publisher: name: Edge Hill University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Link to EHU Certificate course: Mental Health Awareness.

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MiMiC: A High-Performance Framework for Multiscale Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Creators: name: Antalík, Andrej
name: Levy, Andrea
name: Kvedaravičiūtė, Sonata
name: Johnson, Sophia K.
name: Carrasco-Busturia, David
name: Raghavan, Bharath
name: Mouvet, François
name: Acocella, Angela
name: Das, Sambit
name: Gavini, Vikram
name: Mandelli, Davide
name: Ippoliti, Emiliano
name: Meloni, Simone
name: Carloni, Paolo
name: Rothlisberger, Ursula
name: Olsen, Jógvan Magnus Haugaard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: MiMiC is a framework for performing multiscale simulations in which loosely coupled external programs describe individual subsystems at different resolutions and levels of theory. To make it highly efficient and flexible, we adopt an interoperable approach based on a multiple-program multiple-data (MPMD) paradigm, serving as an intermediary responsible for fast data exchange and interactions between the subsystems. The main goal of MiMiC is to avoid interfering with the underlying parallelization of the external programs, including the operability on hybrid architectures (e.g., CPU/GPU), and keep their setup and execution as close as possible to the original. At the moment, MiMiC offers an efficient implementation of electrostatic embedding QM/MM that has demonstrated unprecedented parallel scaling in simulations of large biomolecules using CPMD and GROMACS as QM and MM engines, respectively. However, as it is designed for high flexibility with general multiscale models in mind, it can be straightforwardly extended beyond QM/MM. In this article, we illustrate the software design and the features of the framework, which make it a compelling choice for multiscale simulations in the upcoming era of exascale high-performance computing.
title: Reconfigurable Antennas for Public Safety and Wireless Gigabit Alliance Applications
Creators: name: Mopidevi, Hema Swaroop
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The main goal of this research is to develop a new type of antenna, called reconfigurable antenna, which can replace multiple antennas required to enhance the effectiveness of a robust communication system. A recongurable antenna integrated with switching elements can dynamically change its properties, namely, frequency of operation, radiation pattern (the three-dimensional coverage of antenna), and polarization (the electrical orientation of the antenna). Depending on the requirement, a single antenna can function as multiple an- tennas, therefore, the name Multi-functional Recongurable Antenna (MRA). United States (US) Public Safety (PS) responders (police, re-ghters, emergency medical services, etc.) can effectively respond to human-made or natural catastrophies if they are equipped with robust communication systems supported by MRA. Wireless implementations of computer accessories (wireless HDMI, wireless storage to external hard-drive, etc.) that require high speed data communication are supported by 60 GHz communications. Equipping these devices with MRA could further increase the speed of communication, thereby resulting in a robust communication.
In this work, pin-diodes and Micro Electro Mechanical Switches (MEMS) are integrated on the MRAs to reconfigure (dynamically change) its properties namely frequency and radiation pattern. An MRA capable of operating over 220, 470, 800, 4900 MHz PS bands is designed, manufactured, tested, and characterized. Another MRA capable of changing its radiation pattern over 4.94-4.99 GHz band is designed, manufactured, tested, and characterized. The design of radiation pattern recongurable MRA and Multi-functional Reconfigurable Antenna Array (MRAA) for 60 GHz communication is also accomplished. The MRAA is designed in order to enhance the MRA's capability to receive or transmit more power.
title: Evaluating Process- and Constraint-Based Approaches for Modeling Macroecological Patterns
Creators: name: Xiao, Xiao
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Macroecological patterns, such as the highly uneven distribution of individuals among species and the monotonic increase of species richness with area, exist across ecological systems despite major differences in the biology of different species and locations. These patterns capture the general structure of ecological communities, and allow relatively accurate predictions to be made with limited information for under-studied systems. This is particularly important given ongoing climate change and loss of biodiversity. Understanding the mechanisms behind these patterns has both scientific and practical merits.
I explore two conceptually different approaches that have been proposed as explanations for ecological patterns – the process-based approaches, which directly model key ecological processes such as birth, death, competition, and dispersal; and the constraint-based approaches, which view the patterns as the most likely state when the system is constrained in certain ways (e.g., the system has a fixed number of 100 individuals among five species, but the distribution may vary). While the process-based approaches directly link patterns to processes, the constraint-based approaches do not rely on the operation of specific processes and thus can be more broadly applied. I develop a new constraint-based approach to one of the most well established patterns in ecology, the power-law relationship between the mean and variance of a population. This pattern has been widely observed and adopted as characterization of population stability. I find that the shape of the pattern can be well explained with two numerical constraints on the system, lending support to the idea that some macroecological patterns may not arise from specific processes but be statistical in nature instead.
I further examine the performance of the process- and constraint-based approaches for patterns of biodiversity and energy use, which are among the most essential as well as most well-studied aspects of community structure. Candidate models from both categories are able to partially capture the patterns across 60 globally distributed forest communities, however the process-based model is shown to provide a better general characterization of community structure than the constraint-base model in all communities. Thus the constraint-based approaches in their current forms do not fully encapsulate the effect of processes, which also contribute to the shape of the macroecological patterns of biodiversity and body size in addition to the constraints.