cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Community consultation in ACT Healthy Waterways
Creators: name: Harding, Virginia Ormond Seo
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2017

description: Plans for further water management projects in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) are due to be discussed in coming years, with resource allocation decisions made by the ACT government a major point of concern. These decisions will have a significant implication on the future of community consultation. This thesis aims to establish the importance of consultation, and suggest pathways to improve on existing efforts. The focus of this study is on water management projects in the ACT. The Healthy Waterways and Canberra Integrated Urban Waterways projects are used as cases for reference. These projects were managed by the ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD). The first objective is to identify and compare the values and drawbacks of consultation and engagement in reference to these water management projects. The findings regarding this aim revealed that it is currently unfeasible for the EPSDD to be deeply engaged with communities affected by these projects. Instead, a thorough negotiation procedure between the government and affected communities, whereby expectations and reasons are adjusted, should be considered. This would contribute to the creation of an optimal consultation environment for projects such as Healthy Waterways. The second objective is to propose tangible recommendations to improve on the representation of local stakeholders in catchment management projects. Qualitative research methods are used in the data collection component of this thesis, with semi-structured interviews as the primary data source. A small selection of individuals are interviewed. The research design favours research depth over a breadth of responses, with semi-structured interviews enabling the expansion of responses and the magnification of key themes. Further advances in recreating community consultation norms may be constructed by the findings of this thesis. Through this thesis, other prospective research topics are revealed. Novel contributions from this thesis include recommendations to the EPSDD for future directions in community consultation regarding water management plans. This indicates how ACT government departments can improve their approach to consulting communities. Suggestions made in this thesis are intended to be used as foundations for further, more detailed research.
Anche Inaf presente all’Etna Comics
Creators: Redazione Media Inaf
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2023

Manca poco all’Etna Comics, il Festival Internazionale del fumetto, del gioco e della Cultura Pop dove quest’anno troverete anche l’Inaf con il gioco da tavolo Pixel, il CodyMaze Astrofisico, il Solametro, il quiz "Chi vuole essere astrofisico", tante conferenze e la possibilità di incontrare Angelo Adamo, autore del fumetto "Uno, nessuno, 100mila fotoni; una, nessuna, centomila particelle"
Running coupling in the conformal window of large-Nf QCD
Creators: name: Hopfer, Markus
name: Fischer, Christian S.
name: Alkofer, Reinhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum Chromodynamics with a relatively large number of fundamentally charged quark flavours in the chiral limit is considered. A self-consistent solution of the quark, gluon and ghost propagator Dyson-Schwinger equations in Landau gauge exhibits a phase transition. Above the critical number of fermion flavours the non-perturbative running coupling develops a plateau over a wide momentum range, and the propagators follow a power law behaviour for these momenta. Hereby, the critical number of quark flavours depends crucially on the beyond-tree-level tensor structures of the quark-gluon vertex.
description: 22 pages, 10 figures, additional clarifications and a reference added, version accepted by JHEP
A configuration-based recommender system for supporting e-commerce decisions
Creators: name: Scholz, Michael
name: Dorner, Verena
name: Schryen, Guido
name: Benlian, Alexander
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: E-Commerce, Recommender System, Attribute Weights, Configuration System, Decision Support
subject: 004 Informatik

description: Multi-attribute value theory (MAVT)-based recommender systems have been proposed for dealing with issues of existing recommender systems, such as the cold-start problem and changing preferences. However, as we argue in this paper, existing MAVT-based methods for measuring attribute importance weights do not fit the shopping tasks for which recommender systems are typically used. These methods assume well-trained decision makers who are willing to invest time and cognitive effort, and who are familiar with the attributes describing the available alternatives and the ranges of these attribute levels. Yet, recommender systems are most often used by consumers who are usually not familiar with the available attributes and ranges and who wish to save time and effort. Against this background, we develop a new method, based on a product configuration process, which is tailored to the characteristics of these particular decision makers. We empirically compare our method to SWING, ranking-based conjoint analysis and TRADEOFF in a between-subjects laboratory experiment with 153 participants. Results indicate that our proposed method performs better than TRADEOFF and CONJOINT and at least as well as SWING in terms of recommendation accuracy, better than SWING and TRADEOFF and at least as well as CONJOINT in terms of cognitive load, and that participants were faster with our method than with any other method. We conclude that our method is a promising option to help support consumers' decision processes in e-commerce shopping tasks.
Study of the mechanochemical process to crystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 powder
Creators: name: Ritscher, A.
name: Schlosser, Marc
name: Pfitzner, Arno
name: Lerch, M.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: KESTERITE; TRANSITION; ABSORBER; Semiconductors; Chemical synthesis; X-ray diffraction; Crystal structure; Defects
subject: 540 Chemie

description: Kesterite-type Cu2ZnSnS4 was synthesized from the corresponding binary sulfides by a mechanochemical route in a planetary ball mill. The reaction progress during this milling step was followed within a time range of 10-180 min by powder X-ray diffraction. In addition, the crystallization of the milled material was studied in situ by high-temperature X-ray diffraction methods in the temperature range of 300500 degrees C. Significant disorder (cation distribution) was observed at 500 degrees C, strongly decreasing during cooling down to ambient temperature with a rate of 60K/h. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Colpo di fulmine o batterio?
Creators: Chiara Badia
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2023

Secondo un nuovo studio pubblicato su Nature Geoscience dalla University of St Andrews, le prime forme di vita sulla Terra devono avere utilizzato per pochissimo tempo l’azoto generato dai fulmini, iniziando a produrlo da sé molto tempo prima di quanto si credesse
Development for Whom? Examining the impact of economic land concessions on rural livelihoods in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
Creators: name: Mackenzie, Ellis
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2019

description: The global phenomenon of land grabbing has driven significant changes in access to and control over land in Cambodia, as land is leased to private companies, often through economic land concessions (ELCs). Continued interest in rural land from Chinese companies operating under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as well as a nation-wide moratorium on ELCs implemented in 2012, makes access to land highly contested and a critical challenge for rural development. This thesis seeks to better understand how ELCs affect the day-to-day lives of Cambodian villagers and assess whether the development benefits promoted in government policy and by foreign investors materialise for rural communities. Past research on ELCs and land grabbing has tended to focus on how such modes of dispossession operate through force and direct violence, often at the moment of the land ‘grab’. By using structural violence theory to understand the power dynamics shaping access to land, this thesis considers what happens after a land grab and the intergenerational effects of such forms of rural development in Cambodia. A conglomerate of five Chinese sugarcane companies awarded concessions in Preah Vihear Province forms the central case study analysed in this thesis. Semi-structured interviews and other field-based qualitative methods are used to understand how villagers located within or near the ELCs regard the ELCs as a form of development. Findings from this fieldwork are used to compare the lived experience of rural villagers with the stated development goals of the government and the ELCs’ Chinese stakeholders, which are derived from policy documents and public materials. The findings of this study reveal how the purported development benefits of the ELCs do not materialise for local participants, with many participants reporting loss of land, and diminishing livelihoods. A key trend for villagers living near or within the companies’ ELC boundaries was for villagers to have lost some of their land but not all of it, as they experienced creeping encroachment from the companies. Villagers’ reserves of land for the future were particularly susceptible to being grabbed, creating a shortage of land for future generations, and constraining villagers’ livelihood opportunities. The ELCs in Preah Vihear constitute a form of structural violence for marginalised locals due to unequal access to essential land and forest resources. This violence manifests as a slow squeeze on the livelihoods and aspirations of rural communities, for current and future generations. Within Preah Vihear, this research highlights the discrepancy between villagers’ needs and aspirations and the development plans of investors operating under the BRI. More broadly, this research contributes to a better understanding of the ongoing processes taking place after a land grab and what this may mean for the future of affected rural communities.
Quantum atomic lithography via cross-cavity optical Stern-Gerlach setup
Creators: name: Máximo, C. E.
name: Batalhão, T. B.
name: Bachelard, R.
name: Neto, G. D. de Moraes
name: de Ponte, M. A.
name: Moussa, M. H. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a fully quantum scheme to perform 2D atomic lithography based on a cross-cavity optical Stern-Gerlach setup: an array of two mutually orthogonal cavities crossed by an atomic beam perpendicular to their optical axes, which is made to interact with two identical modes. After deriving an analytical solution for the atomic momentum distribution, we introduce a protocol allowing us to control the atomic deflection by manipulating the amplitudes and phases of the cavity field states.
Utilising mixed-waste organic-outputs for rehabilitation of degraded lands: Measuring the effects on soil physiochemistry and vegetation growth
Creators: name: McGilp, Kathryn L.
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2019

description: The use of processed waste products, called mixed waste organic outputs (MWOO) is a relatively new method to improve degraded soils. The findings of this study inform the suitability of MWOO for use as a topsoil ameliorant in mine rehabilitation, based on the effects on soil properties and vegetation growth. A baseline ecosystem assessment incorporated a landscape function analysis (LFA) and soil physiochemical analysis at two Woodlawn sites, one disturbed and one un-disturbed. This compared landscape functionality of the two sites and identify potential nutrient constraints or HM contamination could limit revegetation. The study included two experiments using MWOO as a soil ameliorant. The initial experiment explored the broader use of MWOO to improve soil across both disturbed and undisturbed sites. The second greenhouse trialled reduced MWOO concentrations effects on plant growth and seed germination for several native species. The baseline ecosystem assessment indicated that the ecosystem function was similar across the disturbed and un-disturbed sites. LFA indicated the extant of landscape degradation was limited on the rehabilitated mine sites, with comparable degradation from grazing. The soil physiochemical analysis indicated differences between the sites, which may limit rehabilitation onsite. The disturbed site had signiciaftly higher contamination (P<0.001) from heavy metals, compared to the undisturbed site. The stage 1 MWOO trials indicated high rates of MWOO were significantly correlated with increased plant mortality (P<0.001). The use of MWOO for un-degraded sites has no positive effect due contamination. However, the soil analysis indicated that MWOO application reduced some contaminates found in the degraded soils. The stage 2 trials indicated that MWOO reduced plant growth, with variable effects on seed germination. Plant growth significantly reduced as MWOO increased, even at low concentrations of 1% and 10%. However, lower concentrations of MWOO showed some positive effects on seed germination across several species. High rates of MWOO significantly inhibits native seed germination.
Taxes Levied on Farm Personal Property
Creators: name: Sibold, Ann Gordon
name: Sibold, Ann Gordon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1976
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Production Economics
subject: Public Economics
subject: Farm personal property taxes
subject: Agricultural taxation
subject: Property taxes
subject: Taxation

description: U.S. totals for farm tangible personal property taxes increased from $286.1 million in 1960 to $424.9 million in 1972. This was an increase of 48.5 percent, or about 4.0 percent annually. Arkansas had the highest 12-year rate of increase at 153.2 percent, followed by California at 150.0 percent. As a proportion of the total farm property tax burden (real plus personal property), personal property taxes have exhibited some pronounced cyclical fluctuations since 1924. In 1972, they accounted for 15.1 percent of the total farm property tax bill. More States are exempting farm personal property from taxation. By 1972, 11 States had totally exempted it. Many of the other 39 States exempted one or more of the four commonly taxed classes of farm personalty: 4 exempted livestock, 4 exempted farm machinery, 18 exempted motor vehicles, and 24 exempted household goods. Personal property taxes during 1967-72 increased on livestock and farm machinery, and decreased on motor vehicles and household goods. Since 1950, real and personal property taxes have increased significantly as a percentage of gross farm income and of net farm income.
From Ashes to dust: The role of land use in determining fire frequency and erosion risk in rural NSW
Creators: name: Ellis, Jeff
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2019

description: .The Australian landscape is known to burn. Fire in NSW is commonly associated with instances of catastrophic forest wildfire that periodically burn vast quantities of land within the near coastal regions. However, various practices of managed burning are recognised to occur throughout the state. The frequency of fire is linked to various forms of land degradation. The risks of accelerated soil erosion increase when groundcover is removed from burning, therefore it is essential for the management of erosion to identify conditions of frequent burning. Fire management practices, linked to land uses, are likely to affect fire frequencies, however, the association between land use and fire frequency has remained unmeasured, until now. This thesis provides insight into the extent of fire frequency within rural NSW by use of a GIS driven comparison of associated fire densities across a 15-year sampling period. It argues land use to predetermine fire frequency in NSW, presenting evidence of distinct influences to the distribution, magnitude and seasonality of fire activity within the state. Analysis was conducted on a range of spatial scales, over a series of chapters, from state-level to local areas within the Riverina region. The Riverina was determined to be a considerable influence on total fire detections within the state, as well as the producer of the highest fire frequencies within NSW, due to the composition of land uses within. This research challenges common perceptions relating to the frequency of fire within select land uses. The knowledge provided may also prove beneficial to both local land management entities and community groups to identify erosion risks in areas that require intervention at a regional level.
Proposal for an ac spin current source
Creators: name: Hofer, Patrick P.
name: Aramberri, Hugo
name: Schenke, Christoph
name: Delplace, Pierre A. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose an ac current source that can be tuned from a pure charge to a pure spin current source. The device consists of two mesoscopic capacitors attached to a two-dimensional strip of a topological insulator. The change from charge to spin current is controlled by an offset in the top gate potentials that drive the capacitors. In addition to this setup, which anticipates the experimental realisation of quantum point contacts in topological insulators, we propose an analogous source in the quantum Hall regime which only relies on presently available building blocks. To this end, we calculate the band structure of a topological insulator in a magnetic field. The intrinsic spin-orbit coupling, together with a split gate, allows for an analogous source, where charge and spin current can be manipulated. The realisation of the device as well as the detection of the ac spin current are within reach of present experimental technology.
description: 6 Pages, 4 Figures, published version
La Via Lattea sul paese delle meraviglie turchese
Creators: Maura Sandri
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2023

L'odierna Astronomy Picture of the Day della Nasa ci presenta uno scorcio notturno davvero insolito, fotografato nei pressi della Soneva Jani Island, nell’arcipelago delle Maldive, in cui a brillare non è solo il cielo ma anche il mare, grazie al fenomeno della bioluminescenza. La responsabile è la Noctiluca scintillans, un plancton unicellulare che usa il suo bagliore per spaventare i predatori
La camera Janus apre gli occhi
Creators: Ufficio stampa Inaf
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2023

Conclusa a pieni voti la cosiddetta fase di commissioning - cioè di collaudo - dello strumento ottico realizzato da Leonardo sotto la responsabilità dell’Asi e con il contributo e la guida scientifica dell’Inaf. Lo strumento, che vola a bordo della sonda Juice verso il pianeta Giove, è stato progettato per studiare la morfologia ed i processi globali regionali e locali sulle lune e per eseguire la mappatura delle nubi del gigante gassoso
Xylota florum
Creators: name: MAZáNEK, Libor
name: VONIČKA, Pavel
name: PREISLER, JiřÍ
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Xylota
Xylota florum

description: Xylota florum (Fabricius, 1805) LiterÁrnÍ údaje: Czerniawa Zdrój (Bańkowska 1961). Eurosibiřský druh, poměrně vzÁcný, preferujÍcÍ listnaté lesy podél toků, zejména lužnÍ lesy s přestÁrlými stromy. Saproxylické larvy byly opakovaně nalezeny v dutinÁch kmene topolu černého (Populus nigra). Černousy [6a]: 14.V.-14.VI.2007, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (MT); 14.VI.-1.VII.2007, 1 ♂ (MT); 1.-25.VII.2007, 2 ♂♂ (MT). Meandry Smědé PR [22c]: 14.V.-14.VI.2007, 1 ♀ (MT).
description: Published as part of MAZáNEK, Libor, VONIČKA, Pavel & PREISLER, JiřÍ, 2009, Syrphidae (Diptera) of the Jizerské hory Mts and Frýdlant region (northern Bohemia, Czech Republic), pp. 3-46 in Sborník Severočeského Muzea 27 on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7153554
description: {"references": ["BANKOWSKA R. 1961: Materialy do znajomosci Syrphidae (Diptera) Karkonoszy i Gor Izerskich. [Contributions to the knowledge of Syrphidae (Diptera) of Krkonose Mts and Jizerske hory Mts Mts. ]].] ... Prirodovedny casopis slezsky, Opava, 22: 279 - 282 (in Polish)."]}
Hyperbolic Cauchy problems with singular coefficients
Creators: name: Loizou, Costas
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Other mathematical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis is devoted to the study of second order weakly hyperbolic equations with singular (less than continuous) coefficients. We first consider equations with time-dependent coefficients and then equations with space-dependent coefficients. We pay particular attention to the role of the lower order terms and we formulate suitable Levi conditions to guarantee the existence of a very weak solution, as introduced in [GR15]. Very weak solutions for these families of equations are also investigated from a numerical point of view in different toy models: the wave equation with a Heaviside function, a delta distribution and homogeneous distributions, respectively, as coefficient in its principal part. The results of this thesis are found in [DGL22a] and [DGL22b].
Xylota ignava
Creators: name: MAZáNEK, Libor
name: VONIČKA, Pavel
name: PREISLER, JiřÍ
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Xylota
Xylota ignava

description: Xylota ignava (Panzer, 1798) ČS: VU LiterÁrnÍ údaje: Czerniawa Zdrój (Bańkowska 1961), Hala Izerska (Rašeliniště Jizery - Bańkowska 1964). Saproxylický druh znÁmý téměř z celé palearktické oblasti. Vyskytuje se na světlinÁch ve smrkových lesÍch, kde poletuje v okolÍ padlých osluněných kmenů. LarvÁlnÍm vývojem je zřejmě vÁzÁn na padlé a poraněné smrkové kmeny. Bukovec PR [3a]: 23.VII.-5.VIII.2003, 1 ♀ (YPT). Malá Strana PR [21]: 10.-26.VI.2003, 1 ♀ (YPT); 5.-20. VIII.2003, 1 ♀ (YPT). Rejdice [35]: 1.-22.IX.2005, 1 ♀ (ET). Smědava [38]: 20.VI.2007, 1 ♂. Tichá říčka PP [44]: 25.VI.-14.VII.2004, 1 ♀ (YPT).
description: Published as part of MAZáNEK, Libor, VONIČKA, Pavel & PREISLER, JiřÍ, 2009, Syrphidae (Diptera) of the Jizerské hory Mts and Frýdlant region (northern Bohemia, Czech Republic), pp. 3-46 in Sborník Severočeského Muzea 27 on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7153554
description: {"references": ["BANKOWSKA R. 1961: Materialy do znajomosci Syrphidae (Diptera) Karkonoszy i Gor Izerskich. [Contributions to the knowledge of Syrphidae (Diptera) of Krkonose Mts and Jizerske hory Mts Mts. ]].] ... Prirodovedny casopis slezsky, Opava, 22: 279 - 282 (in Polish).", "BANKOWSKA R. 1964: Syrphidae (Diptera) Sudetow. (Syrphidae (Diptera) of the Sudety Mts.). Fragmenta Faunistica, Warszava, 11: 287 - 318 (in Polish, English and Russian abstr.)."]}
Logarithmic Superconformal Minimal Models
Creators: name: Pearce, Paul A.
name: Rasmussen, Jorgen
name: Tartaglia, Elena
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The higher fusion level logarithmic minimal models LM(P,P';n) have recently been constructed as the diagonal GKO cosets (A_1^{(1)})_k oplus (A_1^{(1)})_n / (A_1^{(1)})_{k+n} where n>0 is an integer fusion level and k=nP/(P'-P)-2 is a fractional level. For n=1, these are the logarithmic minimal models LM(P,P'). For n>1, we argue that these critical theories are realized on the lattice by n x n fusion of the n=1 models. For n=2, we call them logarithmic superconformal minimal models LSM(p,p') where P=|2p-p'|, P'=p' and p,p' are coprime, and they share the central charges of the rational superconformal minimal models SM(P,P'). Their mathematical description entails the fused planar Temperley-Lieb algebra which is a spin-1 BMW tangle algebra with loop fugacity beta_2=x^2+1+x^{-2} and twist omega=x^4 where x=e^{i(p'-p)pi/p'}. Examples are superconformal dense polymers LSM(2,3) with c=-5/2, beta_2=0 and superconformal percolation LSM(3,4) with c=0, beta_2=1. We calculate the free energies analytically. By numerically studying finite-size spectra on the strip with appropriate boundary conditions in Neveu-Schwarz and Ramond sectors, we argue that, in the continuum scaling limit, these lattice models are associated with the logarithmic superconformal models LM(P,P';2). For system size N, we propose finitized Kac character formulas whose P,P' dependence only enters in the fractional power of q in a prefactor. These characters involve Motzkin and Riordan polynomials defined in terms of q-trinomial coefficients. Using the Hamiltonian limit, we argue that there exist reducible yet indecomposable representations for which the Virasoro dilatation operator L_0 exhibits rank-2 Jordan blocks confirming that these theories are indeed logarithmic. We relate these results to the N=1 superconformal representation theory.
description: 55 pages, v2: comments and references added
Wormholes in Wyman's solution
Creators: name: Formiga, J. B.
name: Almeida, T. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The most general solution of the Einstein field equations coupled with a massless scalar field is known as Wyman's solution. This solution is also present in the Brans-Dicke theory and, due to its importance, it has been studied in detail by many authors. However, this solutions has not been studied from the perspective of a possible wormhole. In this paper, we perform a detailed analysis of this issue. It turns out that there is a wormhole. Although we prove that the so-called throat cannot be traversed by human beings, it can be traversed by particles and bodies that can last long enough.
description: the content was improved and some new references were added
Comment on Risk Shocks by Christiano, Motto, and Rostagno (2014)
Creators: name: Lee, Gabriel
name: Salyer, Kevin
name: Strobel, Johannes
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: agency costs, credit channel, time-varying uncertainty
subject: 330 Wirtschaft
subject: E4, E5, E2

description: In a recent paper, Christiano, Motto and Rostagno (2014, henceforth CMR) report that risk shocks are the most important source of business cycle fluctuations. This result is in contrast to much of the existing literature; e.g. Bachmann and Bayer (2013) report that risk shocks account for 4% of the volatility in GDP. We resolve this apparent contradiction by first highlighting that CMR depart from the normal definition of a risk shock by including an additional \news" component. We then incorporate their definition of risk shocks into a canonical financial accelerator model that does not include the array of rigidities (both nominal and real) that are in the model economy employed by CMR. In the base model, risk shocks as normally defined play a quantitatively minor role in business cycle activity; however, when the CMR definition is employed, we replicate their result that risk shocks are the most important impulse mechanism of business cycles. It is clear from this analysis that the endogenous amplification and propagation mechanisms in the CMR model do not account for the significant role that risk shocks play in fluctuations; rather, it is the exogenous definition of risk shocks that is doing virtually all of the work. We conclude that the CMR finding should be viewed with caution.
Xylota jakutorum Bagatshanova 1980
Creators: name: MAZáNEK, Libor
name: VONIČKA, Pavel
name: PREISLER, JiřÍ
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Xylota
Xylota jakutorum

description: Xylota jakutorum Bagatshanova, 1980 Eurosibiřský druh, nehojně se vyskytujÍcÍ ve vzrostlých jehličnatých lesÍch včetně kulturnÍch porostů se starými stromy. Saproxylické larvy žijÍ v mokvajÍcÍch ranÁch jehličnanů poškozených klikorohem borovým (Hylobius abietis). Bílý Potok [1d]: 19.VI.2007, 1 ♂. Bukovec PR [3d]: 17.VI.2005, 1 ♀ (SW). Kořenov [16a]: 17.VI.2005, 1 ♀ (SW). Malá Strana PR [21]: 5.-20.VIII.2003, 1 ♀ (YPT). Rybí loučky PR [37]: 9.-23.VII.2003, 1 ♂ (YPT). Tichá říčka PP [44]: 25.VI.-14.VII.2004, 1 ♀ (MT). U Kyselky [46]: 2.-20.VI.2006, 1 ♂ (MT); 20.VI.-13.VII.2006, 1 ♀ (MT).
description: Published as part of MAZáNEK, Libor, VONIČKA, Pavel & PREISLER, JiřÍ, 2009, Syrphidae (Diptera) of the Jizerské hory Mts and Frýdlant region (northern Bohemia, Czech Republic), pp. 3-46 in Sborník Severočeského Muzea 27 on page 41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7153554
Nest predator abundance and its relationship with regent honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia) nest success
Creators: name: Gautschi, Daniel
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2020

description: Woodland bird populations continue to decline in south-eastern Australia. As a result of habitat loss and fragmentation woodland birds now face novel threats, including elevated rates of nest predation. Nest predation presents a damaging selective pressure for threatened species, preventing recruitment to, and recovery of, small populations. It is the leading cause of nest failure for the critically endangered regent honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia), which has already experienced rapid population decline. A number of common avian and mammalian species have been observed depredating regent honeyeater nests in recent studies. I surveyed diurnal and nocturnal nest predators in key regent honeyeater breeding areas to develop an understanding of the distribution and predictors of nest predators and to examine the impact of predator abundance and species richness on regent honeyeater nest success. I surveyed 12 species of nest predators at 246 study sites between August and November 2019. I used repeat point-count surveys for diurnal and nocturnal predators, and conducted scat surveys as an additional indicator of common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) presence. Results showed that predator abundance and predator species richness were significantly higher at sites near water, with high hollow abundance and where short grass was the dominant ground cover. Predator species richness was also higher at sites with moderate (15 – 30%) canopy cover. Both predator abundance and species richness were slightly elevated at regent honeyeater nest sites, although these results were non-significant. I used data from 115 regent honeyeater nests from the last five years to examine the impact of predator abundance and predator species richness on nest survival. Predator abundance and predator species richness were positively related to nest success, indicating that high levels of predator abundance were not associated with regent honeyeater nest failures. While unexpected, these results suggest that other factors may be causing variation in nest predation rates, including regent honeyeater anti-predator strategies, resource availability and / or differing rates of learned predatory behaviour across sites. Despite a positive correlation between regent honeyeater nest survival and nest predators, nest success was low (31.6%). Further research is required to identify the most significant drivers of nest predation rates, in order to better understand variances in regent honeyeater nest success and inform effective manage of the species.
Spectroscopy of Lambda-9Li by electroproduction
Creators: name: Urciuoli, G. M.
name: Cusanno, F.
name: Marrone, S.
name: Acha, A.
name: Ambrozewicz, P.
name: Aniol, K. A.
name: Baturin, P.
name: Bertin, P. Y.
name: Benaoum, H.
name: Blomqvist, K. I.
name: Boeglin, W. U.
name: Breuer, H.
name: Brindza, P.
name: Bydzovsky, P.
name: Camsonne, A.
name: Chang, C. C.
name: Chen, J. -P.
name: Choi, Seonho
name: Chudakov, E. A.
name: Cisbani, E.
name: Colilli, S.
name: Coman, L.
name: Craver, B. J.
name: De Cataldo, G.
name: de Jager, C. W.
name: De Leo, R.
name: Deur, A. P.
name: Ferdi, C.
name: Feuerbach, R. J.
name: Folts, E.
name: Fratoni, R.
name: Frullani, S.
name: Garibaldi, F.
name: Gayou, O.
name: Giuliani, F.
name: Gomez, J.
name: Gricia, M.
name: Hansen, J. O.
name: Hayes, D.
name: Higinbotham, D. W.
name: Holmstrom, T. K.
name: Hyde, C. E.
name: Ibrahim, H. F.
name: Iodice, M.
name: Jiang, X.
name: Kaufman, L. J.
name: Kino, K.
name: Kross, B.
name: Lagamba, L.
name: LeRose, J. J.
name: Lindgren, R. A.
name: Lucentini, M.
name: Margaziotis, D. J.
name: Markowitz, P.
name: Meziani, Z. E.
name: McCormick, K.
name: Michaels, R. W.
name: Millener, D. J.
name: Miyoshi, T.
name: Moffit, B.
name: Monaghan, P. A.
name: Moteabbed, M.
name: Camacho, C. Munoz
name: Nanda, S.
name: Nappi, E.
name: Nelyubin, V. V.
name: Norum, B. E.
name: Okasyasu, Y.
name: Paschke, K. D.
name: Perdrisat, C. F.
name: Piasetzky, E.
name: Punjabi, V. A.
name: Qiang, Y.
name: Reimer, P. E.
name: Reinhold, J.
name: Reitz, B.
name: Roche, R. E.
name: Rodriguez, V. M.
name: Saha, A.
name: Santavenere, F.
name: Sarty, A. J.
name: Segal, J.
name: Shahinyan, A.
name: Singh, J.
name: Sirca, S.
name: Snyder, R.
name: Solvignon, P. H.
name: Sotona, M.
name: Subedi, R.
name: Sulkosky, V. A.
name: Suzuki, T.
name: Ueno, H.
name: Ulmer, P. E.
name: Veneroni, P.
name: Voutier, E.
name: Wojtsekhowski, B. B.
name: Zheng, X.
name: Zorn, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the absence of accurate data on the free two-body hyperon-nucleon interaction, the spectra of hypernuclei can provide information on the details of the effective hyperon-nucleon interaction. Electroproduction of the hypernucleus Lambda-9Li has been studied for the first time with sub-MeV energy resolution in Hall A at Jefferson Lab on a 9Be target. In order to increase the counting rate and to provide unambiguous kaon identification, two superconducting septum magnets and a Ring Imaging CHerenkov detector (RICH) were added to the Hall A standard equipment. The cross section to low-lying states of Lambda-9Li is concentrated within 3 MeV of the ground state and can be fitted with four peaks. The positions of the doublets agree with theory while a disagreement could exist with respect to the relative strengths of the peaks in the doublets. A Lambda separation energy of 8.36 +- 0.08 (stat.) +- 0.08 (syst.) MeV was measured, in agreement with an earlier experiment.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures
L’Italia a bordo della missione Ema degli Emirati
Creators: Ufficio stampa Inaf
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2023

L’agenzia spaziale degli Emirati arabi uniti annuncia la missione Ema – Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt – per lo studio degli asteroidi. A bordo Mist-A, uno spettrometro made in Italy finanziato dall’Agenzia spaziale italiana con la collaborazione dell’Istituto nazionale di astrofisica e dell’industria italiana: avrà il compito di caratterizzare gli asteroidi primordiali target della missione. Lancio previsto nel 2028
YANGILANAYOTGAN O'ZBEKISTONDA KELAJAK BUNYODKORI – UCHINCHI RENESSANS
Creators: name: Tursoatova, Shahrizoda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Ushbu maqolada Yangi O'zbekistonda Uchinchi Renessans poydevorini bunyod etishda insonlar ma'naviy immunitetini, axloqiy sifatlarini, ma'naviy taraqqiyotni rivojlantirishga va bunda ma'naviy merosimizdan samarali foydalanish bilan bog'liq ijtimoiy jarayonlar xususida so'z boradi. Shuningdek, mamlakatimizning ijtimoiy-siyosiy hayotida amalga oshirilayotgan islohotlarga ham to'xtalib o'tilgan.
Incorporating agricultural analysis into hypoxic blackwater modelling to improve forecasting of future events
Creators: name: Parascos, Jimmy
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2019

description: Hypoxic blackwater events are highly variable natural phenomena which occur in many lowland river systems globally. They may persist for several months, affect thousands of kilometres of river and cause fishkill to the magnitude of tens of thousands. The management and forecasting of hypoxic blackwater events are possible through modelling, particularly in Australian basins forested with river red gum tree species, though few studies have considered the potential contributions from agricultural vegetation. Above ground biomass samples (pasture, soil, cowpats; n=10) from a pasture land study site along the Murray River floodplain (Latitude - 36.044730, Longitude 146.359716) were collected and carbon leaching experiments were performed to determine the bioavailable carbon leaching rates. The dissolved organic carbon leaching rates at 20 ºC was found to be higher in pasture than native grasses (0.572/day vs 0.380/day, respectively) but lower than that of river red gum leaf litter (0.860/day). Results from these experiments were incorporated into a hypoxic blackwater model, the Blackwater Risk Assessment Tool (BRAT), and accuracy was measured against a past event. The modelled study area was found to have the potential to deliver 4,042 tonnes of instantly available carbon during a 1-100 year flood event from pasture alone. This research acts as an investigative study for modelling the carbon contributions of agriculture for hypoxic blackwater events and shows that, when present, pasture can be a significant source of carbon in floodplain ecosystems. This study adjusted the BRAT model so that it can now model pasture contributions without reducing the accuracy of the model, and, by further constraining an additional component of a basin ecosystem and removing assumptions, we improve accuracy. Further, the BRAT model has been updated with an inbuilt template that allows future users the ability to calculate carbon contributions from any vegetation, meaning that the tool is no longer restricted to basins which are river red gum dominant. Any basin, globally, can now be modelled to assess hypoxic blackwater risk proactively, meaning that management options can be deployed ahead of events and thus reduce the ecologic, social and economic risk from future hypoxic blackwater events.
A mixed methods approach to understanding fear of crime: towards spatially referenced narratives
Creators: name: Malbon, Jennifer
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2016

description: Spatial investigations of ‘fear of crime’, which are becoming more common within the discipline of behavioural geography, do not capture the motivations behind participant’s behavioural choices in regards to their fear of crime. This thesis proposes a move towards mixed method approaches aimed to capture both spatial and motivation related qualitative data. These ‘spatially referenced narrative’ approaches support the exploration of participant’s motivations for their behavioural choices, and have the potential to shed light upon power dynamics between marginalised groups and space. In order to develop the spatially referenced narrative approach coined in this thesis, I built upon Doran and Burgess’ (2012) and Sloan et al., (2016) approach to investigating avoidance behaviour in space by employing the mixed methods of sketch mapping and semi-structured interviews. Participants (n=7) sketch mapped the areas of avoidance in response to fear of crime in the Canberra CBD, while their concurrent reflections on their fear and motivations for behaviour were captured through semi-structured interviews. The interview data was coded according to Adaptive Theory (Layder, 1998) and grounded visualisation (Knigge and Cope, 2006) to reveal participant motivations for avoidance of areas due to fear of crime (i.e. avoidance behaviour). The participant experience of the sketch mapping process highlights the limits of non-narrative methods for measuring fear of crime and the need for behavioural geography to move towards more diverse narrative methods. The discussion argues for a move towards spatially referenced narratives, based on the significance of my findings. The move to participatory and narrative based approaches, as offered by the spatially referenced narrative, would represent the progression of behavioural geography towards more critical positions akin to that of critical cartography (Kitchin and Hubbard, 1999; Kitchin et al., 2012; Caquard, 2015). Further, this would pave the way to engage with “‘on-the-ground’ practical politics with (and for) those who are oppressed and excluded within society.” (Kitchin and Hubbard, 1999:198). Such a transition meets the responsibility for fear of crime research to understand and recognise the implications of participation in fear of crime research by participants, and the potential for this to enable social change.
Xylota meigeniana
Creators: name: MAZáNEK, Libor
name: VONIČKA, Pavel
name: PREISLER, JiřÍ
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Xylota
Xylota meigeniana

description: Xylota meigeniana (Stackelberg, 1964) ČS: EN Transpalearktický druh mÍrného pÁsma.Saproxylický druh, který se vzÁcně objevuje na vegetaci v okolÍ toků v zachovalých listnatých lesÍch s přestÁrlými stromy. Saproxylické larvy byly nalezeny pod kůrou tlejÍcÍch padlých kmenů topolů (Populus spp.). Horní Pertoltice [12]: 25.VII.-17.VIII.2007, 1 ♀ (MT). Kořenov [16a]: 13.VI.2005, 1 ♂.
description: Published as part of MAZáNEK, Libor, VONIČKA, Pavel & PREISLER, JiřÍ, 2009, Syrphidae (Diptera) of the Jizerské hory Mts and Frýdlant region (northern Bohemia, Czech Republic), pp. 3-46 in Sborník Severočeského Muzea 27 on page 41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7153554
Tanto tempo fa, in una galassia debole e minuscola
Creators: Claudia Mignone
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2023

Scoperta con Jwst una galassia estremamente distante, debole e minuscola, la cui luce è partita appena 480 milioni di anni dopo il Big bang. Attiva nella formazione di stelle giovani, secondo gli esperti – un team internazionale guidato dalla statunitense Ucla a cui partecipano ricercatori e ricercatrici dell'Istituto nazionale di astrofisica – sarebbe l'esempio perfetto delle galassie che hanno reionizzato l'universo
Nelle grotte dello Yorkshire come fosse Marte
Creators: Valentina Guglielmo
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2023

Per abitare su Marte o sulla Luna, forse basta spingersi sottoterra. Un tentativo che sulla Terra stanno sperimentando gli scienziati del progetto Bio-Sphere, costruendo dei simulatori a oltre 1 km di profondità in cui cercano di effettuare operazioni scientifiche e mediche
Al congresso con bebè a bordo
Creators: Claudia Mignone
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2023

Implementare misure di accoglienza verso i bambini più piccoli, dai bagni attrezzati con fasciatoi alle sale riservate per allattare o riposarsi, può incoraggiare la partecipazione dei neo-genitori, e in particolare delle neo-mamme, ai convegni scientifici. Ne parliamo con Daria Dall'Olio, ricercatrice a Onsala, Svezia, e associata Inaf, che racconta la sua esperienza positiva a un recente congresso in Giappone
Contemporary Dynamics of Devotional from a Marginal Point of View: the Muslim māldhārī of Kachchh (Gujarat)
Creators: name: Orlandi, Gabriele
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: religious anthropology
Western India
social change
identity politics

description: This presentation explores some of the transformations Western Indian devotional practices have been subject to, showing in particular how such changes are interweaved with quite recent social and political dynamics. Starting from ethnographic data concerning Muslim pastoral peoples in right-wing dominated state of Gujarat, it will aim to explain how hitherto non-textualised religious practices are now called into question by discourses which champions rigid and essentialised religious categories.
Selscan: an efficient multi-threaded program to perform EHH-based scans for positive selection
Creators: name: Szpiech, Zachary A
name: Hernandez, Ryan D
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Genomics (q-bio.GN)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Haplotype-based scans to detect natural selection are useful to identify recent or ongoing positive selection in genomes. As both real and simulated genomic datasets grow larger, spanning thousands of samples and millions of markers, there is a need for a fast and efficient implementation of these scans for general use. Here we present selscan, an efficient multi-threaded application that implements Extended Haplotype Homozygosity (EHH), Integrated Haplotype Score (iHS), and Cross-population Extended Haplotype Homozygosity (XPEHH). selscan accepts phased genotypes in multiple formats, including TPED, and performs extremely well on both simulated and real data and over an order of magnitude faster than existing available implementations. It calculates iHS on chromosome 22 (22,147 loci) across 204 CEU haplotypes in 353s on one thread (33s on 16 threads) and calculates XPEHH for the same data relative to 210 YRI haplotypes in 578s on one thread (52s on 16 threads). Source code and binaries (Windows, OSX and Linux) are available at https://github.com/szpiech/selscan .
description: 5 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure
Xylota segnis
Creators: name: MAZáNEK, Libor
name: VONIČKA, Pavel
name: PREISLER, JiřÍ
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Xylota
Xylota segnis

description: Xylota segnis (Linnaeus, 1758) LiterÁrnÍ údaje: Czerniawa Zdrój (Bańkowska 1961), Hala Izerska (Rašeliniště Jizery - Bańkowska 1964). Široce rozšÍřený holarktický druh. Výrazně nejhojnějšÍ druh rodu, který je i čÁstečně antropofilnÍ. Hojně se vyskytuje ve všech typech jehličnatých a listnatých lesů včetně parků a zahrad. SaprofÁgnÍ larvy žijÍ v nejrůznějšÍ mokré tlejÍcÍ dřevnÍ hmotě a rostlinném opadu. Bílý Potok [1a]: 3.-16.VI.2005, 2 ♂♂ (YPT); 16.VI.-5.VII.2005, 2 ♀♀ (YPT); 29.VII.-19.VIII.2005, 1 ♂ (YPT); 19.VIII.-4.IX.2005, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (YPT); [1d]: 17.VI.2007, 1 ♂; [1e]: 17.VI.2007, 5 ♂♂. Černousy [6a]: 14.V.-14.VI.2007, 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (MT). Frýdlant [7]: 22.V.2006, 2 ♂♂ (SW). Hejnice [9]: 19.VI.2007, 2 ♂♂. Malá Strana PR [21]: 29.V.-10.VI.2003, 1 ♀ (YPT); 9.-23.VII.2003, 1 ♀ (YPT); 5.-20.VIII.2003, 2 ♀♀ (YPT); 2.-27.IX.2003, 1 ♀ (CFT). Meandry Smědé PR [22a]: 17.VI.2007, 2 ♂♂; [22b]: 22.VI.-5.VII.2005, 1 ♂ (YPT). Oldřichovské sedlo [27]: 3.-15.VII.2003, 2 ♀♀ (YPT). Rejdice [35]: 1.-22.IX.2005, 5 ♂♂ (YPT). Rybí loučky PR [37]: 23.VII.-5.VIII.2003, 1 ♂ (YPT). Smrk [39d]: 13.VII.-3.VIII.2006, 2 ♀♀ (YPT). Tichá říčka PP [44]: 2.-25.VI.2004, 2 ♀♀ (YPT); 25.VI.-14.VII.2004, 1 ♀ (YPT); 30.VII.-14.VIII.2004, 1 ♂ (YPT). U Kyselky [46]: 13.VII.-3.VIII.2006, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (YPT). Zlatá Olešnice [49b]: 3.VI.2004, 2 ♀♀.
description: Published as part of MAZáNEK, Libor, VONIČKA, Pavel & PREISLER, JiřÍ, 2009, Syrphidae (Diptera) of the Jizerské hory Mts and Frýdlant region (northern Bohemia, Czech Republic), pp. 3-46 in Sborník Severočeského Muzea 27 on page 41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7153554
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Possibile meteorite nel cremonese
Creators: Albino Carbognani
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2023

Un brillante bolide ha solcato i cieli del nord Italia poco dopo la mezzanotte dello scorso 24 maggio. Dalla triangolazione effettuata dalla rete Prisma dell'Inaf è molto probabile la presenza di alcune meteoriti nella zona del comune di Sospiro, in provincia di Cremona. Nei prossimi giorni ulteriori calcoli permetteranno di identificare con maggiore precisione la zona in cui effettuare le ricerche sul campo