cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
O CORREDOR NOROESTE (RIO MADEIRA) COMO CANAL LOGISTICO PARA ABASTECIMENTO DO NORDESTE: UMA PROPOSTA A PARTIR DOS ESTOQUES GOVERNAMENTAIS.
Creators: name: Naves, Ivo Manoel
name: Soares, Joao Batista
name: Naves, Ivo Manoel
name: Soares, Joao Batista
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Logística
subject: Estoques Públicos
subject: Corredor Noroeste (Rio Madeira)
subject: Logistics
subject: Public Supply
subject: Northwestern Corridors (Madeira River’s)

description: O Governo Federal remove parte dos seus estoques formados no Mato Grosso para o Nordeste para atender o Programa Vendas em Balcão, por intermédio do modal rodoviário, que não é recomendando para longas distâncias. Propõe-se que, a exemplo da iniciativa privada, seja utilizada a multimodalidade proporcionada pelo Corredor Noroeste ou do Rio Madeira.-------------------------The Federal Government transfers parts of their supplies feed from Mato Grosso to Northeast to meet the needs of the Purchase in Counter Program, through the road modal, which in not recommended to long distance. We propose the utilization of the multimodality provided by the Northwestern Corridors or from Madeira River’s.
Electron Spin Resonance of Defects in Spin Chains. o-(DMTTF)2X : a versatile system behaving like molecular magnet
Creators: name: Soriano, L.
name: Zeisner, J.
name: Kataev, V.
name: Pilone, O.
name: Fourmigué, M.
name: Jeannin, O.
name: Vezin, H.
name: Orio, M.
name: Bertaina, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The paper presents the Electron Paramagnetic Resonance study of defects in the spin chain o- (DMTTF)2X family using continuous wave and pulsed techniques. The defects in spin chains are strongly correlated and present similar microscopic structure as a molecular magnet. By means of 2D-HYSCORE and DFT calculations we show a strong reduction of hyperfine coupling between the defects and the nuclear spin bath. We assume that the reduction is due to the Heisenberg exchange interaction which screens the effect of the nuclei.
A CFH12k lensing survey of X-ray luminous galaxy clusters - I: Weak lensing methodology
Creators: name: Bardeau, S.
name: Kneib, J. -P.
name: Czoske, O.
name: Soucail, G.
name: Smail, I.
name: Ebeling, H.
name: Smith, G. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the weak lensing methodology applied to our multi-colour imaging survey of X-ray luminous galaxy clusters conducted with the wide field CFH12k camera. This method, which is converting a fully reduced CFH12k image into cluster mass constraints, is done in two steps that we explain in detail: (1) determination of the "true" shape of faint (lensed) galaxies which involves: object detection strategy, point spread function (PSF) determination, galaxy shapes measurements with errors; (2) conversion of the faint galaxies catalogue into useful mass constraints which is done by different lensing techniques using 1D and/or 2D mass estimates. Finally, we compare the cluster mass model to the light distribution of cluster members as observed on our imaging data. To illustrate the method, we apply it to the well studied cluster Abell 1689 (z=0.184). In this cluster, we detect the gravitational shear signal to the edge of the image at 3 sigma significance. The two-dimensional mass reconstruction has a ~10 sigma significance mass peak centered on the brightest cluster galaxy. The weak lensing constraints are well fitted by a NFW mass profile with $M_{200} = 14.1^{+6.3}_{-4.7}\times 10^{14} M_\sun$, and $c = 3.5^{+0.5}_{-0.3}$ (chi^2=0.33), or by a power law (PL) profile with q=0.75 +- 0.07 and theta_E = 14.6"+-0.3" (chi^2=0.64). The mass-to-light ratio is found to be almost constant with radius with a mean value of M/L_R = 150 h (M/L)_\sun. We compare these results to other weak lensing analyses of Abell 1689 presented in the literature and find good agreements in terms of the shear measurement as well as the final mass estimate.
description: 16 pages, 13 figures. Corrected typos, minor changes. Accepted by A&A
Application of a new highly multiplexed amplicon sequencing tool to evaluate Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial resistance and relatedness in individual and pooled samples from Dschang, Cameroon
Creators: name: Ali, Innocent Mbulli
name: Gerdes Gyuricza, Isabela
name: Sadler, Jacob M.
name: Thwai, Kyaw
name: Dinglasan, Rhoel R.
name: Bailey, Jeffrey A.
name: Niaré, Karamoko
name: Nsango, Sandrine Eveline
name: White, Samuel J.
name: Moss, William J.
name: Wamae, Kevin
name: Juliano, Jonathan J.
name: Parr, Jonathan B.
name: Tchuenkam, Valery P. K.
name: Tume, Christopher B.
name: Simkin, Alfred
name: Assefa, Ashenafi
name: Fola, Abebe A.
Publisher: name: Frontiers
Year: 2025

description: Background: Resistance to antimalarial drugs remains a major obstacle to malaria elimination. Multiplexed, targeted amplicon sequencing is being adopted for surveilling resistance and dissecting the genetics of complex malaria infections. Moreover, genotyping of parasites and detection of molecular markers drug resistance in resource-limited regions requires opensource protocols for processing samples, using accessible reagents, and rapid methods for processing numerous samples including pooled sequencing. Methods: Plasmodium falciparum Streamlined Multiplex Antimalarial Resistance and Relatedness Testing (Pf-SMARRT) is a PCR-based amplicon panel consisting of 15 amplicons targeting antimalarial resistance mutations and 9 amplicons targeting hypervariable regions. This assay uses oligonucleotide primers in two pools and a non-proprietary library and barcoding approach. Results: We evaluated Pf-SMARRT using control mocked dried blood spots (DBS) at varying levels of parasitemia and a mixture of 3D7 and Dd2 strains at known frequencies, showing the ability to genotype at low parasite density and recall within-sample allele frequencies. We then piloted Pf-SMARRT to genotype 100 parasite isolates collected from uncomplicated malaria cases at three health facilities in Dschang, Western Cameroon. Antimalarial resistance genotyping showed high levels of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance mutations, including 31% prevalence of the DHPS A613S mutation. No K13 candidate or validated artemisinin partial resistance mutations were detected, but one low-level non-synonymous change was observed. Pf-SMARRT’s hypervariable targets, used to assess complexity of infections and parasite diversity and relatedness, showed similar levels and patterns compared to molecular inversion probe (MIP) sequencing. While there was strong concordance of antimalarial resistance mutations between individual samples and pools, low-frequency variants in the pooled samples were often missed. Conclusion: Overall, Pf-SMARRT is a robust tool for assessing parasite relatedness and antimalarial drug resistance markers from both individual and pooled samples. Control samples support that accurate genotyping as low as 1 parasite per microliter is routinely possible.
Additional file 3 of K-seq, an affordable, reliable, and open Klenow NGS-based genotyping technology
Creators: name: Ziarsolo, Peio
name: Hasing, Tomas
name: Hilario, Rebeca
name: Garcia-Carpintero, Victor
name: Blanca, Jose
name: Bombarely, Aureliano
name: Joaquin Cañizares
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3: Sdata3. Primer sequences.
Temperature dependence of the optical properties of silicon nanocrystals
Creators: name: Zacharias, Marios
name: Kelires, Pantelis C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) have been under active investigation in the last decades and have been considered as a promising candidate for many optoelectronic applications including highly-efficient solar cells. Some of the fundamental properties of interest in these nanostructures is the temperature dependence of their optical absorption onset, and how this is controlled by different passivation regimes. In the present work we employ first-principles calculations in conjunction with the special displacement method to study the temperature dependence of the band gap renormalization of free-standing hydrogen-terminated, and oxidized SiNCs, as well as matrix-embedded SiNCs in amorphous silica, and we obtain good agreement with experimental photoluminescence data. We also provide strong evidence that the electron-phonon interplay at the surface of the nanocrystal is suppressed by oxidation and the surrounding amorphous matrix. For the matrix-embedded SiNCs, we show a high correlation between the temperature dependence of the band gap and the Si-Si strained bonds. This result emphasizes the immanent relationship of electron-phonon coupling and thermal structural distortions. We also demonstrate that, apart from quantum confinement, Si- Si strained bonds are the major cause of zero-phonon quasidirect transitions in matrix-embedded SiNCs. As a final point, we clarify that, unlike optical absorption in bulk Si, phonon-assisted electronic transitions play a secondary role in SiNCs.
Associations of prenatal urinary melamine, melamine analogues, and aromatic amines with gestational duration and fetal growth in the ECHO Cohort
Creators: name: Meeker J.D
name: Schantz S.L
name: Kannan K
name: Pellizzari E.D
name: Choi G
name: Morello-Frosch R
name: Sathyanarayana S
name: Li W
name: Buckley J.P
name: Woodruff T.J
name: Bennett D.H
name: Xun X
name: Watkins D
name: Trasande L
Publisher: name: Elsevier Ltd
Year: 2025

description: Melamine, its analogues, and aromatic amines (AAs) were commonly detected in a previous study of pregnant women in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort. While these chemicals have identified toxicities, little is known about their influences on fetal development. We measured these chemicals in gestational urine samples in 3 ECHO cohort sites to assess associations with birth outcomes (n = 1,231). We estimated beta coefficients and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using adjusted linear mixed models with continuous dilution-standardized concentrations (log2 transformed and scaled by interquartile range, IQR) or binary indicators for detection. As secondary analyses, we repeated analyses using categorical outcomes. Forty-one of 45 analytes were detected in at least one sample, with > 95 % detection of melamine, cyanuric acid, ammelide, and aniline. Higher melamine concentration was associated with longer gestational age (β^ per IQR increase of log2-transformed: 0.082 [95 % CI: −0.012, 0.177]; 2nd vs 1st tertile: 0.173 [-0.048, 0.394]; 3rd vs 1st tertile: 0.186 [-0.035, 0.407]). Similarly in secondary analyses using categorical outcomes, an IQR increase in log2(melamine) was associated with 1.22 [0.99, 1.50] higher odds of post-term (>40 & ≤42 weeks) as compared to full-term (≥38 & ≤40 weeks). Several AAs were associated with birthweight and gestational length, with the direction of associations varying by AA. Some stronger associations were observed in females. Our findings suggest melamine and its analogs and AAs may influence gestational length and birthweight.
Cutoff Dependence and Complexity of the CFT$_2$ Ground State
Creators: name: Chen, Bowen
name: Czech, Bartlomiej
name: Wang, Zi-zhi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the vacuum of a two-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT$_2$) as a network of Wilson lines in $SL(2,\mathbb{R}) \times SL(2,\mathbb{R})$ Chern-Simons theory, which is conventionally used to study gravity in three-dimensional anti-de Sitter space (AdS$_3$). The position and shape of the network encode the cutoff scale at which the ground state density operator is defined. A general argument suggests identifying the `density of complexity' of this network with the extrinsic curvature of the cutoff surface in AdS$_3$, which by the Gauss-Bonnet theorem agrees with the holographic Complexity = Volume proposal.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure
Highly reproducible, large scale inkjet-printed Ag nanoparticles-ink SERS substrate
Creators: name: Kumar, Samir
name: Namura, Kyoko
name: Kumaki, Daisuke
name: Tokito, Shizuo
name: Suzuki, Motofumi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the fabrication of a low cost, and highly reproducible large scale surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrate using an inkjet-printed Ag nanoparticle ink (AgNI). The AgNI SERS substrates were evaluated for SERS using BPY as a molecular probe. The printed AgNI dot arrays exhibit an excellent SERS performance and reproducibility. The batch to batch and spot to spot standard deviation value of less than 10 percent was obtained. The results reveal the reproducibility of the AgNI SERS dot arrays and its potential application for SERS substrates.
description: 7 Pages, 3 Figures
Additional file 2 of Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) related to immunogenic cell death are differentially triggered by clinically relevant chemotherapeutics in lung adenocarcinoma cells
Creators: name: Solari, José Ignácio Gonzalez
name: Filippi-Chiela, Eduardo
name: Pilar, Emily Salles
name: Nunes, Vitória
name: Gonzalez, Esteban Alberto
name: Fabrício Figueiró
name: Andrade, Cristiano Feijó
name: Fábio Klamt
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2: Fig. S2 Morphological changes and caspase activation in A549 cells treated with chemotherapeutics. (A) Analysis of cell phenotype assessed by flow cytometry. Population 1 indicates normal cell morphology. Reduced cell size (low FSC) with increased intracellular granularity (high SSC) is suggestive of early apoptosis (population 3); high intracellular granularity (high SSC) suggests cytoplasmic vacuolization, as observed after autophagy activation (population 2); and cell debrie suggests late apoptosis, which is characterized by cell fragmentation (population 4). A scheme showing these populations is shown on the right. (B) Cell area measured through images from immunocytochemistry. (C) Representative images of nuclear staining with DAPI (magnification: 200x). (D) Representative plots of active caspase 3 versus FSC. Red area delimits the population of cells with small size (i.e. cell shrinkage, a typical change of early apoptotic cells) and active caspase 3. Numbers represent the percentage of cells inside the red area ± SEM. Cisplatin 80 μM was used as a positive control (C+).
IMPACTOS DA RECOMPOSIÇÃO DA RESERVA LEGAL NAS RECEITAS TRIBUTÁRIAS ESTADUAIS E MUNICIPAIS
Creators: name: Goncalves, Jose Sidnei
name: Castanho, Eduardo Pires Filho
name: Souza, Sueli Alves Moreira
name: Goncalves, Jose Sidnei
name: Castanho, Eduardo Pires Filho
name: Souza, Sueli Alves Moreira
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: reserva legal
subject: agropecuária paulista
subject: finanças públicas
subject: área agropecuária
subject: environmental reserve
subject: Sao Paulo State agriculture
subject: public finance
subject: agricultural area

description: O trabalho analisa a determinação de recomposição da reserva legal nas propriedades rurais paulistas no cumprimento da atual legislação ambiental. Mostra que se aplicada tal como está desenhada haverá importantes impactos negativos na área agropecuária destinada a atividades econômicas e, por conseguinte, nas receitas estaduais e municipais, penalizando principalmente os municípios mais pobres. Dessa maneira tal medida se mostra inaplicável sem a adoção de medidas compensatórias.----------------------This article analyzes the legal act for individual farms’ environmental reserve restoration in São Paulo State in duty to the environmental statutes. It shows thai if it is applied as it is designed, there will be important negative impacts in the agricultural area used for economic activities, consequently, impacts in municipalities and states’ internal revenue, penalizing primarily the poorest municipalities. Therefore, this act in not applicable without the adoption of compensatory measures.
Dynamical Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Landau gauge QCD
Creators: name: Fischer, C. S.
name: Alkofer, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We summarise results for the propagators of Landau gauge QCD from the Green's functions approach and lattice calculations. The nonperturbative solutions for the ghost, gluon and quark propagators from a coupled set of Dyson-Schwinger equations agree almost quantitatively with corresponding lattice results. Similar unquenching effects are found in both approaches. The dynamically generated quark masses are close to `phenomenological' values. The chiral condensate is found to be large.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, talk given by C.F. at 6th Conference on Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum, Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy, 21-25 Sep 2004
VARIAÇÃO DO NÍVEL GERAL DE PREÇOS DE HORTIFRUTIGRANJEIROS COMERCIALIZADOS NO CEASA-GO
Creators: name: Machado, Andre Grossi
name: Figueiredo, Reginaldo Santana
name: Machado, Andre Grossi
name: Figueiredo, Reginaldo Santana
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: variação de preços
subject: produtos hortifrutigranjeiros
subject: Goiás
subject: price variation
subject: fruits and vegetables
subject: Goias
subject: Brazil

description: O objetivo do presente trabalho é desenvolver um índice de preços para produtos hortifrutigranjeiros comercializados no atacado em Goiás. A pesquisa foi motivada pelo interesse no estudo do comportamento dos preços de produtos hortifrutigranjeiros e pela necessidade e importância do desenvolvimento de indicadores econômicos regionais. Foram utilizados dados mensais referentes aos volumes comercializados em toneladas e ao preço médio (R$/toneladas) de todos os 283 produtos comercializados pelo CEASA-GO, e procurou-se seguir alguns passos fundamentais apontados pela literatura para o processo de construção de índice de preços. Como resultado, foram selecionados 34 produtos para compor a cesta, e então calculados os índices para seus dados pelas soluções de Laspeyres e Paasche. Comparando as duas séries pode-se perceber que o índice calculado por Laspeyres tende a ser mais alto, assim como aponta a literatura. Conclui-se que o subsídio fornecido pela teoria dos números índices e os dados sinalizados pelo CEASA-GO possibilitaram a construção de um índice de preços para produtos hortifrutigranjeiros comercializados no atacado em Goiás de modo satisfatório.------------------------------------------This paper has as objective develops a price index for fruits and vegetables marketed in the wholesale in Goias. The research was motivated by the interest in the study of the behavior of the prices of those products and for the need and importance of the development of regional economical indicators. Monthly data were used regarding the volumes marketed in tons and to the medium price (R$/tons) of all the 283 products marketed by Goias state’s wholesale supply center (CEASA-GO), and it tried to follow some fundamental steps pointed for the literature for the process of price indexes construction. As result, 34 products were selected to compose the basket, and then calculated the indexes for the solutions of Laspeyres and Paasche. Comparing the two series can be noticed that the Laspeyres index tends to be higher, as well as it points the literature. It is ended that the subsidy supplied by the theory of the index numbers and the data signaled by CEASA-GO made possible the construction of a price indexes for fruits and vegetables marketed in the wholesale in Goias in a satisfactory way.
High-contrast dark resonance on the D2 - line of 87Rb in a vapor cell with different directions of the pump - probe waves
Creators: name: Kazakov, G.
name: Mazets, I.
name: Rozhdestvensky, Yu.
name: Mileti, G.
name: Delporte, J.
name: Matisov, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a novel method enabling to create a high-contrast dark resonance in the 87Rb vapor D2-line. The method is based on an optical pumping of atoms into the working states by a two-frequency, linearly-polarized laser radiation propagating perpendicularly to the probe field. This new scheme is compared to the traditional scheme involving the circularly-polarized probe beam only, and significant improvement of the dark resonance parameters is found. Qualitative considerations are confirmed by numerical calculations.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
Additional file 1 of Evolution through segmental duplications and losses: a Super-Reconciliation approach
Creators: name: Mattéo Delabre
name: El-Mabrouk, Nadia
name: Huber, Katharina T.
name: Lafond, Manuel
name: Moulton, Vincent
name: Noutahi, Emmanuel
name: Castellanos, Miguel Sautie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. The proof of NP-hardness of the Super-Reconciliation problem.
Cosmological solutions in the brane-bulk system
Creators: name: La Camera, Mario
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we find cosmological solutions in the brane-bulk system starting from a 5-D line element which is a simple extension, for cosmological applications, of the pioneering Randall-Sundrum line element. From the knowledge of the bulk metric, assumed to have the form of plane waves propagating in the fifth dimension, we solve the corresponding 4-D Einstein equations on the brane with a well defined energy-momentum tensor.
description: 14 pages, revtex4, comments added
Associations of nonoccupational sedentary behaviors with cardiometabolic outcomes: coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA)
Creators: name: Gibbs B.B
name: Zieff G
name: Moore J.B
name: Bancks M.P
name: Reis J.P
name: Stoner L
name: Gabriel K.P
name: Stone K
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 2025

description: Background: The association between sedentary behavior (SB) and cardiometabolic risk may differ by SB domain and context. Nonoccupational SB is particularly important because it is discretionary and more amenable to change. This study estimated associations of nonoccupational SB contexts with hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods: A total of 3370 middle-aged adults (50.1 ± 3.6 years; 56% F) from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study were included. Cross-sectional and 5-year prospective associations between self-report total SB and 6 context-specific SBs (television—TV, computer, transportation, phone, music, and paperwork) with HTN and DM were tested using logistic regression. Fully adjusted models controlled for sociodemographic variables, body mass index, and self-report moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity. Results: Prevalences of HTN and DM at baseline were 48% (1618 cases) and 10% (320 cases), respectively. Each hour per day of total-SB was cross-sectionally associated with HTN (OR: 1.03, 95% CI, 1.01-1.05) but not DM, with nonsignificant prospective associations for HTN and DM. Of the context-specific SBs, only TV-SB was significantly associated with HTN or DM. Each hour of TV-SB was cross-sectionally associated with HTN (OR: 1.09, 95% CI, 1.03-1.15) and DM (OR: 1.18, 95% CI, 1.09-1.29), and prospectively with HTN (OR: 1.14, 95% CI, 1.04-1.26) but not DM. Conclusion: When comparing total-SB and the 6 context-specific SBs, TV-SB was most robustly associated with HTN. The findings were less clear for DM. Behavior change strategies that target TV-SB reduction may be effective at reducing HTN risk in middle-aged adults.
GESTÃO AMBIENTAL EMPRESARIAL E COMPETITIVIDADE DE SISTEMAS AGROINDUSTRIAIS
Creators: name: Machado, Andre Grossi
name: Figueiredo, Reginaldo Santana
name: Drees, Christian
name: Machado, Andre Grossi
name: Figueiredo, Reginaldo Santana
name: Drees, Christian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Gestão Ambiental
subject: competitividade
subject: agronegócio
subject: Environmental management
subject: competitiveness
subject: agribusiness

description: A preocupação com o meio ambiente por parte da sociedade mundial vem ganhando força a cada dia, levando as empresas a dar uma maior atenção à dimensão ambiental de suas atividades econômicas. Cada vez mais a classe empresarial visualiza a importância da gestão ambiental como fator de competitividade e sustentabilidade de seus negócios. Procurando avançar nesse sentido, objetiva-se nesse trabalho analisar, através de uma revisão teórica, como estratégias de gestão ambiental, através de seus benefícios, podem se conformar como um fator de competitividade para empresas inseridas no agronegócio e para sistemas agroindustriais. O trabalho de revisão aborda a idéia do enfoque sistêmico, necessária para estudos referentes ao agronegócio, conceitos e definições de competitividade e suas especificidades para uma cadeia ou um sistema agroindustrial, e tipos de estratégias ambientais e os seus potenciais benefícios para as empresas. Por fim, procura-se caracterizar as particularidades de aplicação da gestão ambiental para um sistema ou cadeia agroindustrial. Como resultados são apontadas as evidências teóricas que levam à convergência dos potenciais benefícios da gestão ambiental empresarial com alguns conceitos e pontos de vista sobre a competitividade no agronegócio.----------------------------------------------The concern with the environment on the part of the world society is winning force every day, taking the companies to give larger attention to the environmental dimension of their economical activities. More and more the business class visualizes the importance of the environmental management as factor of competitiveness and sustainability of their businesses. Trying to move forward in that sense, aimed in this work to analyze, through a theoretical revision, as strategies of environmental management and their benefits can conform as a factor of competitiveness for companies inserted in the agribusiness and for agrifood systems. The revision work involves the idea of the systems approach, necessary for studies regarding the agribusiness, concepts and definitions of competitiveness and their specificities for a chain or an agrifood system, concepts of environmental management, types of environmental strategies and their potentials benefits for the companies. As results are pointed the theoretical evidences that take the convergence of the potentials benefits of the environmental management with some concepts and point of view about the competitiveness in the agibusiness.
Challenges and opportunities in implementing and enforcing India’s loose cigarette sales ban: A qualitative stakeholder analysis
Creators: name: Macauda M.M
name: Hebert J.R
name: Sakhuja M
name: Pednekar M.S
name: Gupta P.C
name: Friedman D.B
name: Thrasher J.F
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2024

description: Introduction Several Indian states have banned the sale of loose cigarettes, and India is considering a national ban. This study examines the perceptions of policymakers, implementers, and law enforcement officials regarding the implementation and enforcement of this ban. Methods Between May–October 2022, we conducted in-depth interviews with 26 key stakeholders involved in tobacco control in two Indian cities, Delhi (where the ban was not implemented) and Mumbai (where the ban was in effect). Participants included representatives from various government departments such as police, municipal corporations, FDA, health, and civil society organizations / NGOs such as Vital Strategies, World Health Organization, International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, and local NGOs. Interviews explored policy awareness, implementation and enforcement status, and factors influencing implementation and enforcement of the ban. Interview transcripts were organized in NVivo, and reflexive thematic analysis was conducted. Results In Mumbai, awareness of the ban was poor among implementers and law enforcers, including FDA, municipal, and police officials, while it was higher among health department officials and NGOs directly involved in tobacco control. Participants from Mumbai expressed that the implementation and enforcement of the ban was poor and loose cigarettes were still widely available. Main barriers to policy implementation included unclear implementation guidelines, poor awareness among tobacco vendors, limited resources, and lack of stakeholder commitment for tobacco control. Participants from both the cities emphasized the need for a vendor licensing system, imposing hefty penalties, imparting health education, and a multi-sectoral approach for effective policy implementation and enforcement. Conclusion Limited awareness of the ban and continued sale of loose cigarettes highlight gaps in policy implementation and enforcement. Effective policy implementation and enforcement requires raising awareness regarding the policy, adopting a tobacco vendor licensing system, and establishing clear implementation guidelines involving a multi-sectoral approach.
Two-loop self-energy contribution to the Lamb shift in H-like ions
Creators: name: Yerokhin, V. A.
name: Indelicato, P.
name: Shabaev, V. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The two-loop self-energy correction is evaluated to all orders in Zαfor the ground-state Lamb shift of H-like ions with Z >= 10, where Z is the nuclear charge number and αis the fine structure constant. The results obtained are compared with the analytical values for the Zα-expansion coefficients. An extrapolation of the all-order numerical results to Z=1 is presented and implications of our calculation for the hydrogen Lamb shift are discussed.
The Bulge Radial Velocity Assay for RR Lyrae stars (BRAVA-RR) DR2: a Bimodal Bulge?
Creators: name: Kunder, Andrea
name: Perez-Villegas, Angeles
name: Rich, R. Michael
name: Ogata, Jonathan
name: Murari, Emma
name: Boren, Emilie
name: Johnson, Christian I.
name: Nataf, David
name: Walker, Alistair
name: Bono, Giuseppe
name: Koch, Andreas
name: De Propris, Roberto
name: Storm, Jesper
name: Wojno, Jennifer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radial velocities of 2768 fundamental mode RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) toward the Southern Galactic bulge are presented, spanning the southern bulge from -8 < l < +8 and -3 < b 500 km/s and find that the majority of these high-velocity stars are halo interlopers; it is unclear if a sub-sample of these stars with similar space velocities have a common origin. Once the 25% of the sample represented by halo interlopers is cleaned, we can clearly discern two populations of bulge RRLs in the inner Galaxy. One population of RRLs is not as tightly bound to the Galaxy (but is still confined to the inner ~3.5 kpc), and is both spatially and kinematically consistent with the barred bulge. The second population is more centrally concentrated and does not trace the bar. One possible interpretation is that this population was born prior to bar formation, as its spatial location, kinematics and pulsation properties suggest, possibly from an accretion event at high redshift.
description: accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal
Additional file 4 of K-seq, an affordable, reliable, and open Klenow NGS-based genotyping technology
Creators: name: Ziarsolo, Peio
name: Hasing, Tomas
name: Hilario, Rebeca
name: Garcia-Carpintero, Victor
name: Blanca, Jose
name: Bombarely, Aureliano
name: Joaquin Cañizares
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4: Sdata4. Detailed K-seq protocol.
A ÓTICA DA ECONOMIA DOS CUSTOS DA TRANSAÇÃO NO PROCESSO DE TOMADA DE DECISÃO EM CADEIAS PRODUTIVAS AGROINDUSTRIAIS: UMA PROPOSTA DE ESTRUTURA ANALÍTICA
Creators: name: Dutra, Alberto Silva
name: Rathmann, Regis
name: Dutra, Alberto Silva
name: Rathmann, Regis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: tomada de decisão
subject: estrutura analítica
subject: cadeia produtiva
subject: decision making
subject: analytical structure
subject: productive chain

description: Teve-se como objetivo neste artigo abordar elementos teóricos já estudados sobre o processo de decisão, bem como da Economia dos Custos de Transação e da Análise Sistêmica, de forma a propor uma estrutura analítica sistêmica, multinível e interdisciplinar, que possa ser usada para o estudo da tomada de decisão de investimentos em cadeias produtivas agronegociais. Da consolidação do referencial teórico, por meio de estrutura analítica, aplicada a um estudo de caso, no caso a cadeia produtiva do biodiesel, pode-se perceber que na medida em que a commodity soja vai avançando nos elos da cadeia, vai se tornando um produto de maior valor agregado, cujos ativos envolvidos para seu processamento e distribuição possuem alta especificidade, o que por sua vez vai exigir dos decisores maior rigor nos seus processos decisórios (decisões estratégicas). A conjugação destes fatores resulta na celebração de contratos como minimizadores das incertezas envolvidas nestas relações.---------------------------------------------In this article has as objective approaches theoretical elements already studied on the decision process, as well as of the Transaction Costs Economy and Systemic Analysis, in way to propose a systemic analytical structure, multilevel and interdisciplinary, that it can be used for the study of the decision process of investments in productive chains. The consolidation of the theoretical background, through structure analytical, applied in a case study (biodiesel productive chain), it can be perceived that in the measure in that the commodity soy is going moving forward in the net-chains, it goes if turning a product of larger add value, whose assets involved for his processing and distribution possesses high specificity, which will demand from the decision takers larger rigidity in their decisions processes (strategic decisions). The conjugation of these factors results in the contracts celebration as lower of the uncertainties involved in these relationships.
Scalable Noise Estimation with Random Unitary Operators
Creators: name: Emerson, Joseph
name: Alicki, Robert
name: Zyczkowski, Karol
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a scalable stochastic method for the experimental measurement of generalized fidelities characterizing the accuracy of the implementation of a coherent quantum transformation. The method is based on the motion reversal of random unitary operators. In the simplest case our method enables direct estimation of the average gate fidelity. The more general fidelities are characterized by a universal exponential rate of fidelity loss. In all cases the measurable fidelity decrease is directly related to the strength of the noise affecting the implementation -- quantified by the trace of the superoperator describing the non--unitary dynamics. While the scalability of our stochastic protocol makes it most relevant in large Hilbert spaces (when quantum process tomography is infeasible), our method should be immediately useful for evaluating the degree of control that is achievable in any prototype quantum processing device. By varying over different experimental arrangements and error-correction strategies additional information about the noise can be determined.
description: 8 pages; v2: published version (typos corrected; reference added)
Additional file 5 of K-seq, an affordable, reliable, and open Klenow NGS-based genotyping technology
Creators: name: Ziarsolo, Peio
name: Hasing, Tomas
name: Hilario, Rebeca
name: Garcia-Carpintero, Victor
name: Blanca, Jose
name: Bombarely, Aureliano
name: Joaquin Cañizares
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5: Figure S1. Example of Bionalyzer results of tomato pool sample.
On the Lorentz symmetry of the noncommutative chiral bosons
Creators: name: Abreu, E. M. C.
name: Menezes, R.
name: Wotzasek, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study issues of Lorentz violation symmetry in the context of the recently proposed theory of noncommutative fields \cite{CCGM}, using the soldering formalism. To this end a noncommutative chiral-boson with a deformed algebra \cite{DGMJ}, used to study these notions in D=2, is properly generalized. We verify, also for this larger group of theories that, although the structure of the Lorentz group is preserved, the velocity of light is scaled by a function of the deformation parameter, as recently claimed. However, we found a sub-set of models where the velocity of propagation is maintained in spite of the presence of the deformed algebra. Effects of a preferred-frame of reference manifest by the presence of birefringence were also studied in the chiral boson framework leading to the scalar sector of the extended Standard Model recently proposed.
description: Revtex file, 9 pages. Final version to appear in Physical Review D
Improving Scalability and Reward of Utility-Driven Self-Healing for Large Dynamic Architectures
Creators: name: Ghahremani, Sona
name: Giese, Holger
name: Vogel, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Self-adaptation can be realized in various ways. Rule-based approaches prescribe the adaptation to be executed if the system or environment satisfies certain conditions. They result in scalable solutions but often with merely satisfying adaptation decisions. In contrast, utility-driven approaches determine optimal decisions by using an often costly optimization, which typically does not scale for large problems. We propose a rule-based and utility-driven adaptation scheme that achieves the benefits of both directions such that the adaptation decisions are optimal, whereas the computation scales by avoiding an expensive optimization. We use this adaptation scheme for architecture-based self-healing of large software systems. For this purpose, we define the utility for large dynamic architectures of such systems based on patterns that define issues the self-healing must address. Moreover, we use pattern-based adaptation rules to resolve these issues. Using a pattern-based scheme to define the utility and adaptation rules allows us to compute the impact of each rule application on the overall utility and to realize an incremental and efficient utility-driven self-healing. In addition to formally analyzing the computational effort and optimality of the proposed scheme, we thoroughly demonstrate its scalability and optimality in terms of reward in comparative experiments with a static rule-based approach as a baseline and a utility-driven approach using a constraint solver. These experiments are based on different failure profiles derived from real-world failure logs. We also investigate the impact of different failure profile characteristics on the scalability and reward to evaluate the robustness of the different approaches.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1805.03549
title: Löwygarten Erleben - Erholen - Wohnen
Creators: name: Steinschaden, David
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Löwygrube
subject: Laaer Berg
subject: Favoriten
subject: Grünräume
subject: Freiräume
subject: Park
subject: Landschaftsgestaltung
subject: Wohnbau
subject: Städtebau
subject: Park
subject: Vienna
subject: Favoriten District
subject: Open Space

description: Aufgrund der wachsenden Städte Europas, in Österreich allen voran Wien, kommt es zu unterschiedlichen Nachverdichtungen, die einer nachhaltigen Strategie zugrundeliegen sollten. Der vorliegende Entwurf behandelt das Areal Löwygrube und dessen Transformation von Weideland hin zu Parklandschaften und Wohnbauten. Dabei werden unterschiedliche Maßnahmen zur Belebung des Gebietes vorgestellt, die verschiedene Nutzer-gruppen ansprechen und im Einklang mit der STEP 2025 sind. Im Zentrum steht dabei die Grünfläche, die eine Verbindung zwischen dem Vergnügungs-bereich Böhmischer Prater, Kleingartensiedlungen, Naturschutzgebiet sowie einer Bahntrasse ergibt. Neuer Wohnbau soll die Belebung ankurbeln und das Nachbarschaftsgefüge durch Erdgeschossnut-zungen stärken. Ein Sportareal, ein Naturgarten so-wie ein Jugendbereich bieten neue Anreize für unterschiedliche Zielgruppen. Der Veranstaltungsort Böhmischer Prater wird durch ein Freilufttheater erweitert und erhält so einen neuen Anschluss zum Park. Neben der städtebaulichen Transformation werden die örtlichen topographischen Gegebenheiten genutzt um einen See anzulegen, der über einen Rundweg mit den verschiedenen Arealen des Parks verknüpft ist. Neue Strukturen, Zugänge und Aktivitäten sollen das Areal zum Löwygarten aufwerten und einen Ort zum Erleben, Erholen und Wohnen schaffen.
description: Growing cities in Europe, Vienna as the prime example in Austria, call for densification based on sus-tainable strategies. The following concept deals with the Loewygrube area and its transformation from agricultural land to park landscapes and residential properties. Vari-ous measurements for the revitalisation of the area are presented to address different target groups in line with STEP 2025. The green area at the heart of the concept connects the existing amusement park Boehmischer Prater, allotment garden areas, the nature reserve and a railway line. New residen-tial buildings are planned to boost the revitalisation and strengthen the neighbourhood through ground floor utilisation. The venue Boehmischer Prater is extended by an open air theatre which creates a new connection from the Prater to the park. In addition to the urban transformation, the local topographi-cal conditions are utilised to form a lake that is linked to the various park areas via a circular path. These new structures, access points and activities should enhance the area as Loewygarten a space to live, revive and reside.
O PROCESSO DECISÓRIO DE IMPLANTAÇÃO DE ESTRUTURA DE ARMAZENAGEM DE SOJA AO NÍVEL DE PROPRIEDADE RURAL NA REGIÃO DE SANTO ÂNGELO/RS
Creators: name: Dutra, Alberto Silva
name: Machado, Joao Armando Dessimon
name: Rathmann, Regis
name: Dutra, Alberto Silva
name: Machado, Joao Armando Dessimon
name: Rathmann, Regis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Processo decisório
subject: produtor rural
subject: armazenagem de soja
subject: decision-making process
subject: rural producer
subject: soybean storage

description: Considerando-se que existe um déficit na capacidade estática de armazenamento de grãos no Brasil, aliado a baixa margem de rentabilidade auferida pelos produtores de commodities agrícolas, notadamente a soja, bem como o fato de que a armazenagem em nível de propriedade rural pode vir a se constituir em um diferencial positivo ao produtor no momento da comercialização desta oleaginosa, buscou-se responder ao seguinte questionamento: como se desenvolve o processo de tomada de decisão do produtor rural, no que tange à instalação de uma estrutura para a armazenagem de soja em sua propriedade? Diante dessa problemática, propôs-se para a presente pesquisa o objetivo de identificar e caracterizar o processo decisório do produtor rural em relação à este investimento. Foram entrevistados 08 produtores cujas propriedades possuem estrutura para armazenagem de soja na região de Santo Ângelo/RS. A análise qualitativa dos dados permitiu identificar certa fragilidade na fase da concepção ou desenho, sendo que a maioria dos cálculos e análises de resultado do referido investimento são transferidas desta fase para a fase do monitoramento, o que pode vir a acarretar em prejuízos pelo fato de a escolha ser realizada a partir de uma análise superficial de todas as informações disponíveis. --------------------------------------------With regard that exists a deficit in the static storage capacity of grains in Brazil, ally the low profitability margin gained by the agricultural commodities producers, especially the soybean, as well as the fact that the storage in level of rural property the can come if it constitutes in a differential one positive to the producer in the moment of the commercialization of this oleaginous one, it was looked for to answer to the question: How the rural producer decision-making is develop, with respect to the installation of a structure for the soybean storage in your property? Given this issue, the aim of the present study is to identify and describe the rural producer decision-making process, in relation to this investment. Interviews were carried out with 08 rural producers producers whose have soybean storage structure in Santo Ângelo/RS. The qualitative analysis allowed to identify certain fragility in the the conception or drawing phase, and most of the calculations and analyses of result of the referred investment are transferred of this phase for the monitory phase, what can come to unprofitability for the fact of the choice to be accomplished from a superficial analysis of all available information.