cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Maximal inequality for high-dimensional cubes
Creators: name: Aubrun, Guillaume
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42B25

description: We present lower estimates for the best constant appearing in the weak $(1,1)$ maximal inequality in the space $(\R^n,\|\cdot\|_{\iy})$. We show that this constant grows to infinity faster than $(\log n)^{1-o(1)}$ when $n$ tends to infinity. To this end, we follow and simplify the approach used by J.M. Aldaz. The new part of the argument relies on Donsker's theorem identifying the Brownian bridge as the limit object describing the statistical distribution of the coordinates of a point randomly chosen in the unit cube $[0,1]^n$ ($n$ large).
description: The overall presentation has been changed. To appear in Confluentes Mathematici
Additional file 2 of Adherence to self-managed exercises for patients with persistent subacromial pain: the Ad-Shoulder feasibility study
Creators: name: Major, Daniel H.
name: Grotle, Margreth
name: Littlewood, Chris
name: Brox, Jens Ivar
name: Matre, Dagfinn
name: Gallet, Heidi V.
name: Røe, Yngve
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Content reporting of the self-managed exercise programme according to the Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT).
The spatial distribution of HO2 in an atmospheric pressure plasma jet investigated by cavity ring-down spectroscopy
Creators: name: Klose, S.-J.
name: Manfred, K.M.
name: Norman, H.C.
name: Ritchie, G.A.D.
name: Van Helden, J.H.
Publisher: name: Bristol : IOP Publ.
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: atmospheric pressure plasma jet
subject: cavity ring-down spectroscopy
subject: density of transient species
subject: hydroperoxyl radical
subject: spatial distribution
subject: 530

description: Cold atmospheric pressure plasma jets make important contributions to a range of fields, such as materials processing and plasma medicine. In order to optimise the effect of those plasma sources, a detailed understanding of the chemical reaction networks is pivotal. However, the small diameter of plasma jets makes diagnostics challenging. A promising approach to obtain absolute number densities is the utilisation of cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy methods, by which line-of-sight averaged densities are determined. Here, we present first measurements on how the spatial distribution of HO2 in the effluent of a cold atmospheric pressure plasma jet can be obtained by cavity ring-down spectroscopy in an efficient way. Instead of recording fully wavelength resolved spectra, we will demonstrate that it is sufficient to measure the absorption coefficient at two wavelengths, corresponding to the laser being on and off the molecular resonance. By sampling the effluent from the 1.6 mm diameter nozzle in the radial direction at various axial positions, we determined that the distances over which the HO2 density was distributed were (3.9 ± 0.5) mm and (6.7 ± 0.1) mm at a distance of 2 mm and 10 mm below the nozzle of the plasma jet, respectively. We performed an Abel inversion in order to obtain the spatial distribution of HO2 that is presented along the symmetry axis of the effluent. Based on that localised density, which was (4.8 ± 0.6) ⋅ 1014 cm−3 at the maximum, we will discuss the importance of the plasma zone for the production of HO2.
Introducing Explicit Gaze Constraints to Face Swapping
Creators: name: Wilson, Ethan
name: Shic, Frederick
name: Jain, Eakta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Face swapping combines one face's identity with another face's non-appearance attributes (expression, head pose, lighting) to generate a synthetic face. This technology is rapidly improving, but falls flat when reconstructing some attributes, particularly gaze. Image-based loss metrics that consider the full face do not effectively capture the perceptually important, yet spatially small, eye regions. Improving gaze in face swaps can improve naturalness and realism, benefiting applications in entertainment, human computer interaction, and more. Improved gaze will also directly improve Deepfake detection efforts, serving as ideal training data for classifiers that rely on gaze for classification. We propose a novel loss function that leverages gaze prediction to inform the face swap model during training and compare against existing methods. We find all methods to significantly benefit gaze in resulting face swaps.
description: Published in 2023 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA '23), May 30-June 2, 2023, Tubingen, Germany, https://doi.org/10.1145/3588015.3588416
Additional file 2 of Improving the quality of training paramedics by means of cadavers – a pilot study
Creators: name: Leszczyński, Piotr
name: Muraczyńska, Bożena
name: Wejnarski, Arkadiusz
name: Baczewska, Bożena
name: Malm, Maria
name: Drop, Bartłomiej
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Exam Grading Survey.
Two-particle Correlation Functions with Distilled Propagators
Creators: name: Bulava, J.
name: Juge, K. J.
name: Morningstar, C. J.
name: Peardon, M. J.
name: Wong, C. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Correlation functions of the simplest multi-particle state will be presented using distilled quark propagators. The I=2 pi-pi state can be simulated without computing disconnected diagrams and thus is the simplest two-particle state that can be studied with quark sources placed on a single time-slice. We study the quality of the signals of this pi-pi correlation function using the quark-smearing guided distillation method. Results will be presented for pi-pi correlation functions computed on dynamical, anisotropic lattices.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures References corrected
title: An Assessment of the Apparel Industry in the State of Utah and Needed Training in Vocational Clothing in Utah High Schools
Creators: name: Sessions, Ann
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1979

description: The purpose of this study was to make an assessment of the industry and needed qualifications of sewing machine operators in the apparel industry in the State of Utah. Feedback received may serve as guidelines in curriculum development for vocational clothing classes. Information was gathered by means of a questionnaire administered to plant or personnel managers. The questionnaire was hand carried or mailed to fifty-six plants across the state. Ninety-eight percent of the plants responded and were used in the statistics.
The questionnaire ellicited information on the following items:
1. The following points about Utah's apparel industry :
a. Availability of jobs
b. Geographic locations of plants and jobs statewide
c. Types of positions available
d. Training and/or skills
e. Machines and equipment used
f. Types of garments manufactured
2. Information for training programs:
a. Types of training present employees have received
b. Identified skills to be included in high school programs
c. Identified equipment needed in high school programs
3. The work activities of an entry level operator:
a. Ability to use machines
b. Skills in handling machines and fabric
c. Construction methods used
The study identified the machines used most often and the work activities needed for employment in the apparel industry. It is suggested that teachers and the industry cooperate with each other so that needs and practices of both can be of service one to another in the training of future employees .
Superfluidity of a perfect quantum crystal
Creators: name: Golovko, V. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In recent years, experimental data were published which point to the possibility of the existence of superfluidity in solid helium. To investigate this phenomenon theoretically we employ a hierarchy of equations for reduced density matrices which describes a quantum system that is in thermodynamic equilibrium below the Bose-Einstein condensation point, the hierarchy being obtained earlier by the author. It is shown that the hierarchy admits solutions relevant to a perfect crystal (immobile) in which there is a frictionless flow of atoms, which testifies to the possibility of superfluidity in ideal solids. The solutions are studied with the help of the bifurcation method and some their peculiarities are found out. Various physical aspects of the problem, among them experimental ones, are discussed as well.
description: 24 pages with 2 figures, version accepted for publication in Eur.Phys.J. B
The role of fungal lipids in the hypersensitive response
Creators: name: Shkurhan, Eugene E.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Studies made on the lipid components of Microsporum quinckeanum, have shown that 6 day old fermenter-grown mycelia and that of 21 day old static cultures grown in Sabouraud's glucose liquid medium have a lipid content of approximately 16% by dry weight. Thin layer chromatography showed that the lipid fractions obtained from both methods of cultivation were identical. During the purification of the lipid extracts, a lipoprotein was isolated having 16.45$ protein content, and after hydrolysis and chromatography this material demonstrated the presence of eleven amino acids. Dried mycelia, purified lipid and lipoprotein were used separately in complete and incomplete Freund's adjuvant to sensitize guinea pigs and rabbits by various routes. Sensitization of guinea pigs was achieved also by Bloch's method. All animals were challenged by separate intradermal injections of total lipid extracts, lipoprotein and the six lipid fractions. Delayed hypersensitive responses of varying intensities were demonstrated by all sensitized animals. Further investigations were made using lymph nodes removed from rabbits separately sensitized with dermatophyte lipid extracts and lipoprotein. Protein extracts of lymph nodes from these animals were examined electrophoretically. The presence of precipitating antibodies in sera and lymph node extracts were demonstrated by immunodiffusion and precipitin ring tests. Passive transfer tests were carried out successfully to conclusively demonstrate the presence of antibodies in the lymph node extracts.
title: Desert Bighorn Sheep in Canyonlands National Park
Creators: name: Dean, H. Clay
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1977

description: The ecology of bighorn sheep in Canyonlands National Park, Utah was investigated between July 1974 and December 1975. Primary objectives of this study were: (1) to determine the distribution and abundance of bighorn sheep in the Park; (2) to examine the effects of human encroachment, and (3) to determine key habitat factors in relation to bighorn sheep movements. Data were collected by ground and aerial surveys.
There were between 60 and 100 bighorn sheep in the Island in the Sky District and between 20 and 30 in the Needles District. Bighorn sheep distribution was closely related to the history of livestock grazing and landform characteristics of the canyons. Human activities have restricted bighorn ewe distribution more than ram distribution. Bighorn ewes were observed in canyons which were not used by domestic livestock or where much of the canyon was isolated from domestic livestock.
Deer and bighorn sheep demonstrated different landform preferences. Deer occupied large level areas, washes, and river bottoms. Bighorn sheep remained on the more rugged terrain, moving to level areas to feed. In canyons which were completely isolated from deer and livestock, bighorn sheep preferred t he broad level areas and washes.
Bighorn ewes did not demonstrate seasonal movements, whereas rams had definite movement patterns. In the southern portion of the Island in the Sky District , rams formed small bands and remained in a series of four canyons throughout the late winter and spring . In June, these rams dispersed individually or in pairs to higher elevations. During October they returned to the canyons below the White Rim to search for ewes. In the eastern portion of the Island in the Sky District, mature rams remained below the White Rim only during the rut, dispersing to higher elevations for the rest of the year.
Physical barriers may minimize the impact of tourism upon bighorn sheep. If bighorn sheep were above or unable to see the source of disturbance , the impact was not as great as when bighorn were able to see the source. This may explain the tendency for bighorn ewes to quickly retreat when vehicles approached them on the White Rim Road where few physical barriers are present. Human encroachment also decreases the energy intake and increases the energy output of bighorn sheep.
Bighorn sheep appear to be at equilibrium with the current range they inhabit. The National Park Service should monitor the use of the White Rim Road to evaluate effects on the bighorn sheep and restrict hiking below the White Rim to minimize stress on the bighorn sheep within this range. Studies should be initiated to investigate the bighorn sheep expansion of its range within the Park as a result of the cessation of lives tock grazing, and the role tourism plays in limiting it.
Local sustainability and community: Issues of social capital, governance, and capacity
Creators: name: Martin, C
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This research was based on the notion that initiatives involving communities at the local level are essential to advancing the sustainability agenda. Three communities of the Community Precinct Program, a community representation framework implemented and maintained by the Glenorchy City Council (GCC), provided case studies by which to explore how the sustainability agenda may be locally operationalised. The development and implementation of a local State of the Environment Report (SoER) process was used as a strategy by which to examine the uptake of sustainability principles by members of the community. Inhibitors and facilitators to the adoption of sustainability emerging in the state and civil spheres during the SoER process were examined by using a combination of questionnaires, participant observations, and interviews with community members and GCC representatives. Issues of social capital. governance and capacity emerged as central. Specifically, the relationships among social capital, community capacity, and sense of community emerged as significant in the ability of precinct committees to initiate projects enhancing sustainability. Findings also indicated that while the Precinct Program does enhance participation in decision-making processes, thanks largely to the efforts of community leaders and the improved link between the community and Council, tensions among Council representatives, and the Program's lack of focus undermine its substantial benefits. Increasing the understanding of sustainability issues within the community and Council is also a challenge, with the sustainability rhetoric evident in Council documents rarely being implemented in practice.
Search for Dimuon Decays of a Light Scalar Boson in Radiative Transitions Upsilon -> gamma A0
Creators: name: The BABAR Collaboration
name: Aubert, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We search for evidence of a light scalar boson in the radiative decays of the Upsilon(2S) and Upsilon(3S) resonances: Upsilon(2S,3S)-> gamma A0, A0 -> mu^+ mu^-. Such a particle appears in extensions of the Standard Model, where a light CP-odd Higgs boson naturally couples strongly to b-quarks. We find no evidence for such processes in the mass range 0.212<= m(A0)<= 9.3 GeV in the samples of 99*10^6 Upsilon(2S) and 122*10^6 Upsilon(3S) decays collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B-factory and set stringent upper limits on the effective coupling of the b quark to the A0. We also limit the dimuon branching fraction of the eta_b meson: BR(eta_b->mu^+mu^-)<0.9% at 90% confidence level.
description: 10 pages, 11 postscript figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters
G. Bassi, «Con assoluta sincerità». Il lavoro editoriale di Natalia Ginzburg (1943-1952), Firenze-Siena, Firenze University Press-USiena Press, 2023, 196 pp.
Creators: name: Russo, Camilla
Publisher: name: Aura
Year: 2023
Subjects: Natalia Ginzburg
Einaudi

description: Book review
title: Oral Interpretation Specialists in Utah Schools: A Proposal
Creators: name: Vincze, Barbara A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1970

description: This study investigated different methods of teaching literature to identify those techniques that result in either apathy or motivation. It was found that traditional literature teaching methods do not result in student motivation for increased reading, Instances were cited in which an oral approach to literature teaching was effectively used to achieve the desired results of student motivation, interest, and comprehension. Oral interpretation as a tool for motivation was discussed. Both empirical studies in that field and reading authorities' opinions were examined to discover the unique contributions oral interpretation could offer to literature teaching.
A specific recommendation for a way of using oral interpretation in schools was made, Oral interpretation specialists could be hired on a district or multi-district basis to perform in the literature classroom by appointment from the teacher, This solution would unburden the teacher from the performance responsibility to a great degree.
Reactions of Utah district superintendents and multi-center directors to this recommendation were surveyed and analyzed in percentages. A positive reception to the recommendation was shown by the questionnaires.
Additional file 1 of Metabolomics based on GC-MS revealed hub metabolites of pecan seeds germinating at different temperatures
Creators: name: Xue, Tingting
name: Liu, Sian
name: Liu, Jia
name: Yuan, Yingdan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary files: Table S1 The seed moisture contents and germination rate of pecan seeds germinated in 15, 25 and 30°C. Figure S1 Top 10 KEGG pathway analysis of DAMs in 2-day and 4-day germination process. (a, c and e) 2-day; (b, d and f) 4-day. Figure S2 Top 10 KEGG pathway analysis of DAMs in 6-day and 12-day germination process. (a, c and e) 6-day; (b, d and f) 12-day. Figure S3 Top 10 KEGG pathway analysis of DAMs in 15°C germination process. Figure S4 Top 10 KEGG pathway analysis of DAMs in 25°C germination process. Figure S5 Top 10 KEGG pathway analysis of DAMs in 30°C germination process.
Additional file 1 of Improving the quality of training paramedics by means of cadavers – a pilot study
Creators: name: Leszczyński, Piotr
name: Muraczyńska, Bożena
name: Wejnarski, Arkadiusz
name: Baczewska, Bożena
name: Malm, Maria
name: Drop, Bartłomiej
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Checklist.
Constructing All-Order Corrections to Multi-Jet Rates
Creators: name: Andersen, Jeppe R.
name: Smillie, Jennifer M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the universal behaviour of scattering cross sections in the limit of infinite rapidity separation between all produced particles, and illustrate the behaviour explicitly for the production of n jets, W+n jets, Z+n jets for n=2,3,4, and for H+2,3 jets. We give a set of rules for constructing scattering cross sections, which are exact in the given limit, and order-by-order reproduce well the full fixed order results when applied to LHC phenomenology. The approximation includes both real and virtual corrections, and is sufficiently simple to allow for the regulated all-order perturbative sum to be explicitly constructed. We test the expected accuracy by comparing results order-by-order with full fixed-order perturbation theory for the processes mentioned above.
description: 35 pages, v2: typos corrected
title: Exploring Extension Faculty Members' First-Time Experiences With Funded Couple Relationship Education
Creators: name: Alderete, Jacquelyn M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Extension faculty members are increasingly involved in offering couple and relationship education (CRE), but some have limited background in this format of family life education. This study used a phenomological approach to examine the experiences of Extension faculty members who offered CRE in their respective counties for their first time. Data were collected through face-to-face and telephone interviews. Four themes emerged from the interview data. First, considerations for offering this type of education included valuing CRE, having sufficient and specific knowledge about the needs of the county for CRE, and access to other forms of resources (mentors, previous training, or funding). Second, successes were discussed in terms of creating positive partnerships, successful recruitment strategies, and resources (utilization of funds and getting trained in CRE for the event). Third, faculty members described challenges including a lack of partnerships, limited resources, recruitment struggles, and lack of sufficient funds. Fourth, the reflections from the faculty members included plans and changes for future programming as faculty members reflected back on their actual experiences. These findings provide guidance for Extension faculty members with limited experience who are interested in offering CRE.
The effect of abrupt temperature increase on phosphorus metabolism of Pisum sativum
Creators: name: Potts, J. Rowell M.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Pea plants (Pisum sativum cv. Dark Skin Perfection) were grown in a controlled-environment at 25°C day and 15°C night temperature and were then transferred to various high temperature environments. These environments were 32°, 35° and 38°C day temperature with 22°, 25° and 28°C night temperatures respectively. Sample plants were taken at three weeks after planting before transfer to high temperature; and after 1, 10, 100, 1000 minutes and 6 days of exposure to high temperature. The sample plants were analysed for total, organic, inorganic and lipid phosphorus. Growth measurements were also taken. There were no significant changes in the concentrations of organic, lipid and total phosphorus and of inorganic phosphorus except at 6 days exposure to high temperature at which time there was a marked increase in the concentration of inorganic phosphorus. Transfer of plants from the cooler environment to the warmer environments, generally resulted in shorter internode lengths and overall shorter plant height.
Stakeholder engagement and corporate social and environmental reporting : are companies meeting their accountability obligations?
Creators: name: Varenova, D
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The practice of corporate social and environmental (SE) reporting is adopted by many companies. The reason for such reporting varies but this study focuses on exploring the application of normative stakeholder theory. This theoretical position posits that the claims of stakeholders should be considered by management whatever the influence they may have on the ability of management to generate profit. Assuming stakeholders do require corporate SE reporting, such reporting becomes a vehicle to provide information on how these claims are fulfilled. In this way management are able to discharge their obligation to be accountable to stakeholders. However, if management lack sufficient information about these claims or the expectations of stakeholders they may not be able to, or may not fully meet the accountability obligations that normative stakeholder theory would suggest they have. In effect the development of corporate SE reports could be assisted if it is known whether or not management are sufficiently informed of these claims, and the types of information that stakeholders are demanding. One way to explore this is to consider the nature of stakeholder engagement. This study has found there is limited research which has explored the methods adopted by management to engage with stakeholders. Equally much of the research has focused on the information needs of shareholders and other investors rather than stakeholders with non-financial interests in organisational activities. Therefore, this study concentrates on corporate stakeholders with non-financial interests, namely NGOs operating in Australia, and their information needs with regards to a single industry, the Australian mining industry. Stakeholder engagement practices undertaken by mining companies and NGOs to explore NGOs' information needs as well as whether the SE disclosures of mining companies then address those information needs are investigated. The data collected by performing the content analysis of mining companies' reports, and conducting surveys of both NGOs and mining companies as well as a small number of interviews with the representatives of NGOs, show that there is a discrepancy between the information that NGOs wish to see disclosed and what mining companies believe NGOs wish to see disclosed. In relation to the engagement undertaken by both companies and NGOs, the data shows a low level of engagement. However, when the engagement takes place, the methods adopted by both parties appear to coincide. With regards to the resultant disclosure of the social and environmental information by mining companies, the evidence supports earlier research which suggests that even after consulting stakeholders as to their information needs, they are not addressed in corporate reports.
title: Causes and Countermeasures for Nappe Oscillation: An Experimental Approach
Creators: name: Anderson, Aaron Allan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Weirs are commonly used as spillways to release flows from a reservoir. The free-falling jet on the downstream side of the weir is called the nappe. Under certain hydraulic conditions, determined mainly by the size, design, and construction of the weir, nappe oscillation, otherwise known as nappe vibration, can occur. Characteristics of this dynamic behavior include excessive acoustic energy manifested as sound pressure waves and lowfrequency noise accompanied by horizontal waves or banding on the nappe. Mitigation of this process may be required, especially if the weir operates in close proximity to occupied structures. Instability of water jets moving through air has been a topic of study for over a century, although studies specific to curvilinear weir nappe flow are less common. The objective of this research is to further the understanding related to the mechanisms that cause nappe vibration, document the occurrence conditions, and investigate mitigation techniques.
Research was conducted at the Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL) using three physical models:

A 6 ft wide x 3.5 ft tall weir with a quarter round crest (model #1)

A 15.4 ft wide x 11 ft tall weir with a broad crest (model #2)

A 16 ft wide x 12 ft tall weir with a quarter round crest (model #3)

Testing included confined and unconfined nappe conditions (open air cavity behind the nappe vs. closed air cavity) for model #1 and model #3. Vibration frequencies were recorded and analyzed using an accelerometer and microphone. Comparisons were made between the three models of different scale. Testing included modifications to the weir crest and the weir apron to study the effect on the behavior of the nappe.
The results of this study are presented, including a review of previous literature and theories. The mechanisms that sustain and amplify the nappe vibration phenomenon varied at the different size-scales, while evidence exists that the root cause of initial instability leading to self-induced vibration can be traced to the same source. The results of this study should be of practical use to engineers, researchers, and those concerned with dam safety.
title: Increased Calf Production and Returns From Improved Range and Livestock Management on a Northern Utah Ranch
Creators: name: Ralphs, Michael H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1977

description: The operating costs for farms and ranches in the United States have increased 81 percent between 1970 and 1976. Calf prices over this same period have fluctuated dramatically and have fallen from a high of $58/cwt in 1973 to a low of $26/cwt in 1975. Since 1973, the increasing operating costs have exceeded the returns gene rated by the low calf prices and have left operators in a negative financial position. This case study has shown that the operator has increased both the scale and efficiency of his operation through improved lives tock husbandry and range improvements, yet has been unable to keep up with the increase in operating costs.
A rest rotation grazing system and associated range improvements were implemented in 1970 on the summer mountain range. The resultant increase in forage production allowed a 45 percent increase in the breeding herd. The meadow hayland and crested wheat grass pastures were also improved to provide winter and spring forage for the increased number of cows. The calf crop weaned and average weaning weights increased from 86 percent and 347 pound s i n 1970 to 93 percent and 363 pounds i n 1976. The total pounds of calf weaned increased 60 percent between 1970 and 1976.
The tremendous increase in beef production was offset by the rampant increase in op e rating costs. The net return in 1970 was $2,160 but dropped to a loss of -$3,671 in 1976. However, had the operator not increased the level of production while the operating costs increased, his net loss in 1976 would have been -$24,718. Although the net returns are negative, the increase in returns over the base level of production is positive. The internal rate of return and net present worth of the grazing system and its associated improvements was 25 percent and $95,027 respectively.
The operator has been successful in developing his range and livestock resource and increasing calf production. It is paradoxical that the increase in returns above the base production have rendered the improvements economically profit able yet the combination of increasing operating costs and low livestock prices have produced a negative return from 1974 through 1976.
Free-energy distribution of the directed polymer at high temperature
Creators: name: Calabrese, Pasquale
name: Doussal, Pierre Le
name: Rosso, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the directed polymer of length $t$ in a random potential with fixed endpoints in dimension 1+1 in the continuum and on the square lattice, by analytical and numerical methods. The universal regime of high temperature $T$ is described, upon scaling 'time' $t \sim T^5/κ$ and space $x = T^3/κ$ (with $κ=T$ for the discrete model) by a continuum model with $δ$-function disorder correlation. Using the Bethe Ansatz solution for the attractive boson problem, we obtain all positive integer moments of the partition function. The lowest cumulants of the free energy are predicted at small time and found in agreement with numerics. We then obtain the exact expression at any time for the generating function of the free energy distribution, in terms of a Fredholm determinant. At large time we find that it crosses over to the Tracy Widom distribution (TW) which describes the fixed $T$ infinite $t$ limit. The exact free energy distribution is obtained for any time and compared with very recent results on growth and exclusion models.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures large time limit corrected and convergence to Tracy Widom established, 1 figure changed.
Study of modified area of polymer samples exposed to a he atmospheric pressure plasma jet using different treatment conditions
Creators: name: Nishime, Thalita M.C.
name: Wagner, Robert
name: Kostov, Konstantin G.
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: PET
subject: Plasma jet
subject: Polymer
subject: ROS distribution
subject: Tilted application
subject: UV
subject: VUV
subject: 540

description: In the last decade atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs) have been routinely employed for surface processing of polymers due to their capability of generating very reactive chemistry at near-ambient temperature conditions. Usually, the plasma jet modification effect spans over a limited area (typically a few cm²), therefore, for industrial applications, where treatment of large and irregular surfaces is needed, jet and/or sample manipulations are required. More specifically, for treating hollow objects, like pipes and containers, the plasma jet must be introduced inside of them. In this case, a normal jet incidence to treated surface is difficult if not impossible to maintain. In this paper, a plasma jet produced at the end of a long flexible plastic tube was used to treat polyethylene terephthalate (PET) samples with different incidence angles and using different process parameters. Decreasing the angle formed between the plasma plume and the substrate leads to increase in the modified area as detected by surface wettability analysis. The same trend was confirmed by the distribution of reactive oxygen species (ROS), expanding on starch-iodine-agar plates, where a greater area was covered when the APPJ was tilted. Additionally, UV-VUV irradiation profiles obtained from the plasma jet spreading on the surface confirms such behavior.
QPACE -- a QCD parallel computer based on Cell processors
Creators: name: Baier, H.
name: Boettiger, H.
name: Drochner, M.
name: Eicker, N.
name: Fischer, U.
name: Fodor, Z.
name: Frommer, A.
name: Gomez, C.
name: Goldrian, G.
name: Heybrock, S.
name: Hierl, D.
name: Hüsken, M.
name: Huth, T.
name: Krill, B.
name: Lauritsen, J.
name: Lippert, T.
name: Maurer, T.
name: Mendl, B.
name: Meyer, N.
name: Nobile, A.
name: Ouda, I.
name: Pivanti, M.
name: Pleiter, D.
name: Ries, M.
name: Schäfer, A.
name: Schick, H.
name: Schifano, F.
name: Simma, H.
name: Solbrig, S.
name: Streuer, T.
name: Sulanke, K. -H.
name: Tripiccione, R.
name: Vogt, J. -S.
name: Wettig, T.
name: Winter, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Hardware Architecture (cs.AR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: QPACE is a novel parallel computer which has been developed to be primarily used for lattice QCD simulations. The compute power is provided by the IBM PowerXCell 8i processor, an enhanced version of the Cell processor that is used in the Playstation 3. The QPACE nodes are interconnected by a custom, application optimized 3-dimensional torus network implemented on an FPGA. To achieve the very high packaging density of 26 TFlops per rack a new water cooling concept has been developed and successfully realized. In this paper we give an overview of the architecture and highlight some important technical details of the system. Furthermore, we provide initial performance results and report on the installation of 8 QPACE racks providing an aggregate peak performance of 200 TFlops.
description: 21 pages. Poster by T. Maurer and plenary talk by D. Pleiter presented at the "XXVII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory", July 26-31 2009, Peking University, Beijing, China. Information on recent Green500 ranking added and list of authors extended
Additional file 1 of Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus infection in animals in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Modiyinji, Abdou Fatawou
name: Bigna, Jean Joel
name: Kenmoe, Sebastien
name: Simo, Fredy Brice N.
name: Amougou, Marie A.
name: Ndangang, Marie S.
name: Nola, Moise
name: Njouom, Richard
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Individual characteristics of included studies. Supplementary Figure 1. Funnel plot for publication bias of IgG seroprevalence among animals in Africa. Supplementary Figure 2. Funnel plot for publication bias of RNA prevalence among animals in Africa.
title: Hamiltonicity, Pancyclicity, and Cycle Extendability in Graphs
Creators: name: Arangno, Deborah C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The study of cycles, particularly Hamiltonian cycles, is very important in many applications.
Bondy posited his famous metaconjecture, that every condition sufficient for Hamiltonicity actually guarantees a graph is pancyclic. Pancyclicity is a stronger structural property than Hamiltonicity.
An even stronger structural property is for a graph to be cycle extendable. Hendry conjectured that any graph which is Hamiltonian and chordal is cycle extendable.
In this dissertation, cycle extendability is investigated and generalized. It is proved that chordal 2-connected K1,3-free graphs are cycle extendable. S-cycle extendability was defined by Beasley and Brown, where S is any set of positive integers. A conjecture is presented that Hamiltonian chordal graphs are {1, 2}-cycle extendable.
Dirac’s Theorem is an classic result establishing a minimum degree condition for a graph to be Hamiltonian. Ore’s condition is another early result giving a sufficient condition for Hamiltonicity. In this dissertation, generalizations of Dirac’s and Ore’s Theorems are presented.
The Chvatal-Erdos condition is a result showing that if the maximum size of an independent set in a graph G is less than or equal to the minimum number of vertices whose deletion increases the number of components of G, then G is Hamiltonian. It is proved here that the Chvatal-Erdos condition guarantees that a graph is cycle extendable. It is also shown that a graph having a Hamiltonian elimination ordering is cycle extendable.
The existence of Hamiltonian cycles which avoid sets of edges of a certain size and certain subgraphs is a new topic recently investigated by Harlan, et al., which clearly has applications to scheduling and communication networks among other things. The theory is extended here to bipartite graphs. Specifically, the conditions for the existence of a Hamiltonian cycle that avoids edges, or some subgraph of a certain size, are determined for the bipartite case.
Briefly, this dissertation contributes to the state of the art of Hamiltonian cycles, cycle extendability and edge and graph avoiding Hamiltonian cycles, which is an important area of graph theory.
title: The Role of Masculinity, Masculine Capital, and Spousal Social Control on Men's Health Behaviors
Creators: name: Arnell, Melinda Gean
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The study of men’s health behaviors has received a great deal of attention worldwide. Studies have been conducted to identify determinates related to men’s health care usage. Masculinity and spousal control are well accepted determinates of men’s health care seeking. However, the concept of masculine capital and how it factors into men’s health care seeking has been a relatively new topic of research. The researchers do not believe there has been a study to date that examines the social control wives place on their husbands, and how that social control may influence their spouses’ health, how masculinity plays into men’s health behaviors, and how men maintain masculine capital in the face of social control, if at all. Therefore, this study sought to examine how masculinity and the social control wives placed on their husbands intersected.
The purpose of this study was twofold. First, the study sought to gain a greater understanding of how wives exert social control over spousal health behaviors. Second, the study sought to examine how men maintain masculinity, specifically masculine capital in the face of social control that their wives placed on their health behaviors. Focus groups were conducted with married male participants in Cache County, Utah. Umberson’s 1987 model of social control was modified to analyze the data. The constructs of masculinity and masculine capital were added to Umberson’s original constructs of family relationships, social control, health behaviors, and physical health/mortality. In addition, the construct of social control was substituted for spousal social control.
At the conclusion of the research study, the research team changed the unidirectional arrows leading from the concept of masculinity and masculine capital to bidirectional arrows to reflect the idea that masculinity and masculine capital not only affect the concept of family relationships, spousal social control, and health behaviors, but those elements in turn affect masculinity and masculine capital. The researchers found the updated proposed model to be accurate in that masculinity and masculine capital influence many realms of a man’s life and that spousal social control can have a great influence on a man’s health-related behaviors and physical health.
title: Foraging Ecology of Cougars in the Pryor Mountains of Wyoming and Montana
Creators: name: Blake, Linsey
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Cougars (Puma concolor) are elusive top-level predators and their predation patterns, particularly upon sensitive species, can be a source of concern to wildlife managers. Predation patterns, however, vary widely in accordance with differing landscape attributes, prey community composition, and preferences of individual cougars. The objective of this study was to better understand the impact of cougars upon their prey in the Pryor Mountains of Wyoming and Montana. Managers were concerned that cougar predation was having a negative impact upon a small, isolated Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) population and were hoping predation might be limiting a burgeoning feral horse population (Equus caballus).
With GPS collar data, we examined cougar kills (n = 200) to determine kill rates, prey composition, and selection for prey. Our findings indicated this population of cougars preyed primarily on mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus; 71.5%) but also included a substantial amount of bighorn sheep (8.0%) and other prey items (19.5%) in their diet. All bighorn kills were attributable to a specialist individual and we found no evidence of predation upon feral horses. Results showed that, while cougar predation was not limiting the feral horse population, at times, predation could be one of a host of factors limiting the bighorn sheep population.
To better understand the link between the risk of cougar predation and landscape attributes, we examined predation-specific resource selection by cougars. We first compared our set of confirmed kill sites to random sites at a fine scale (within 25 m of kill sites). We then built resource selection functions to conduct a coarse-scale analysis by using the 95% upper cut-off point of the known distances-dragged (94.9 m) to buffer caches sites, thereby creating zones of risk which had high probabilities of containing kill sites. We found that risk of cougar predation was associated with vegetation class and increased with decreasing horizontal visibility. For bighorn sheep, risk of predation was associated with juniper-mountain mahogany (Juniperus spp., Cercocarpus ledifolius) woodlands. We recommend managers thin junipers to increase horizontal visibility in areas where the juniper-mountain mahogany vegetation class intersects bighorn sheep habitat.
Additional file 1 of Reducing suicidal ideation among Turkish migrants in the Netherlands and in the UK: the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a guided online intervention
Creators: name: Eylem, Ozlem
name: Straten, Annemieke Van
name: Wit, Leonore De
name: Shanaya Rathod
name: Kamaldeep Bhui
name: Kerkhof, Ad J. F. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Appendices A, B, C, and D
Additional file 2 of Reducing suicidal ideation among Turkish migrants in the Netherlands and in the UK: the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a guided online intervention
Creators: name: Eylem, Ozlem
name: Straten, Annemieke Van
name: Wit, Leonore De
name: Shanaya Rathod
name: Kamaldeep Bhui
name: Kerkhof, Ad J. F. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. CONSORT checklist