cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Physical Properties of Trans-Neptunian Object (20000) Varuna
Creators: name: Jewitt, David C.
name: Sheppard, Scott S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new time-resolved photometric observations of the bright trans-Neptunian object (20000) Varuna and use them to study the rotation period, shape, and color. In observations from 2001 February and April, we find a best-fit two-peaked lightcurve with period 6.3442 +-0.0002 hr. The peak-to-peak photometric range in the R-band is 0.42 +-0.02 mag. We find no rotational variation in colors over the 0.45 < lambda < 0.85 micron wavelength range. From the short double-peaked period and large amplitude we suggest that Varuna is an elongated, prolate body perhaps close in shape to one of the Jacobi ellipsoids. If so, the ratio of the axes projected into the plane of the sky is 1.5:1 and the density is near 1000 kg m^(-3). (20000) Varuna may be a rotationally distorted rubble pile, with a weak internal constitution due to fracturing by past impacts. The high specific angular momentum implied by our observations and recent detections of binary Trans-Neptunian Objects both point to an early, intense collisional epoch in which large Trans-Neptunian Objects were about 100 times more abundant than now. In order to maintain a cosmochemically plausible rock:ice mass ratio of about 0.5, Varuna must be internally porous.
description: 26 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables, accepted to AJ
Breeding and Cultivation Technique of Ditian 6
Creators: name: YAN, Jianbin
name: SHAO, Linsheng
name: WANG, Junhua
name: CHENG, Yonggang
name: WANG, Ruigang
name: PANG, Xu
name: LIANG, Haiying
name: ZHANG, Xuebiao
name: ZHANG, Peimin
name: YAN, Jianbin
name: SHAO, Linsheng
name: WANG, Junhua
name: CHENG, Yonggang
name: WANG, Ruigang
name: PANG, Xu
name: LIANG, Haiying
name: ZHANG, Xuebiao
name: ZHANG, Peimin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Ditian 6
subject: Breeding
subject: Planting pattern
subject: Cultivation techniques
subject: Seed breeding
subject: Early cultivation

description: Ditian 6 is super sweet corn hybrid. Its parents are inbred line 201-2 and 769 respectively. It was certificated by Variety Certification Committee of Shanxi Province in 2013. Ditian 6 participated in regional trials of Shanxi Province in 2010 and 2011. The average fresh ear yield is 14257.5 kg/ha. Its growth period is 81 d, belonging to the early variety. It has obvious advantages if it is early cultivated. The kernel is yellow, and the quality reaches a high level. In the early or late market, it has significant economic benefits. The variety has strong resistance to disease and adversity, with wide adaptability, high and stable yield. It can be planted in the areas where accumulated temperature is above 2300℃.
Additional file 4 of Remodeling of the maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy is shaped by parity
Creators: name: Berry, Alexander S. F.
name: Pierdon, Meghann K.
name: Misic, Ana M.
name: Sullivan, Megan C.
name: O’Brien, Kevin
name: Chen, Ying
name: Murray, Samuel J.
name: Ramharack, Lydia A.
name: Baldassano, Robert N.
name: Parsons, Thomas D.
name: Beiting, Daniel P.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 3: Supplemental Figure 3. Shannon alpha diversity increases throughout pregnancy across all parity groups. Shannon alpha diversity was calculated for each sample at each time point. Alpha diversity trends upwards over the course of pregnancy in all three parity groups. Parity does not associate with alpha diversity.
On Condensation of Closed-string Tachyons
Creators: name: Dabholkar, Atish
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An F-theory dual of a nonsupersymmetric orientifold is considered. It is argued that the condensation of both open and closed string tachyons in the orientifold corresponds to the annihilation of branes and anti-branes in the F-theory dual. The end-point of tachyon condensation is thus expected to be the vacuum of Type-IIB superstring. Some speculations are presented about the F-theory dual of the bosonic string and tachyon condensation thereof.
description: 16 pages, 2 figures, harvmac(b)
Relativistic corrections to the Ekert test for eavesdropping
Creators: name: Czachor, Marek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A degree of violation of the Bell inequality depends on momenta of massive particles with respect to a laboratory if spin plays a role af a "yes--no" observable. For ultra-relativistic particles the standard Ekert test has to take into accont this velocity dependent suppression of the degree of violation of the inequality. Otherwise Alice and Bob may "discover" a nonexisting eavesdropper.
description: revtex, 6 eps figures; published in Proceedings of SPIE 3076 (1997) 141-145, one plot and one typo corrected
A Content Analysis of the Image Repair Discourses of OSI Group in China's Food-safety Scandal
Creators: name: XIE, Ya
name: YAO, Xiaojun
name: XIE, Ya
name: YAO, Xiaojun
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Content analysis
subject: Image repair strategies
subject: Crisis communication
subject: Situational crisis communication theory
subject: Food-safety scandal

description: Food safety is one of the top issues for Chinese consumers. In the summer of 2014, Shanghai-based Husi Food Co Ltd was mired in a food-safety scandal. OSI Group responded to this situation by releasing statements and holding China press conference. This study focused on OSI Group’s image repair strategies employed in the scandal in Chinese context. A content analysis revealed that OSI Group’s image repair relied primarily on six strategies: defeasibility (appalled by the event), bolstering (factory in Henan is state-of-art), minimization (it was an isolated event), corrective action (thorough internal investigation), and mortification (sincerely apologized), and attacking the accuser (launched OSI Food Safety Education Campaign). Basically, OSI Group’s mortification without compensation doomed its efforts to failure. Implications for implementing image repair strategies with the combination of crisis types are addressed.
1/4 BPS solutions in massive IIA supergravity
Creators: name: Imamura, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study four kinds of 1/4 BPS solutions in massive IIA supergravity corresponding to D8-D0-F1, D8-D2, D8-D4 and D8-D6-NS5 systems. We show that these solutions are reproduced without making nontrivial assumptions by using supersymmetry conditions. D8-D2 and D8-D4 solutions are represented by harmonic functions, as usual, while the other two are represented by solutions of non-linear differential equations. Because these four solutions can be treated in almost identical ways, we mainly focus on the D8-D6-NS5 systems. We first discuss D6-NS5 solutions with uniform mass parameters. Then, we introduce D8-branes as domain walls by connecting two solutions with different values of the mass parameter. We also discuss boundary conditions and supersymmetry on domain walls.
description: 19 pages, PTPTeX, typos corrected, reference added
Policheta Rondani 1856
Creators: name: O'Hara, James E.
name: Cerretti, Pierfilippo
name: Pape, Thomas
name: Evenhuis, Neal L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tachinidae
Policheta

description: 454. Policheta Rondani, 1856: 67.
 ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Tachina unicolor Fallén, 1820 (with “ Tachina Inequalis Mihi ” in synonymy).
 TYPE SPECIES: Tachina unicolor Fallén, 1820 (with “ Tachina Inequalis Mihi ” in synonymy), by original designation.
 CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste O’Hara & Wood (2004: 106)].
FAMILY: TACHINIDAE.
 REMARKS: Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993: 153) treated this genus-group name as an invalid senior synonym of Pericheta Rondani, 1859. Pericheta Rondani, 1859 is an unnecessary new replacement name for Policheta Rondani, 1856 [under the assumption the latter was preoccupied by the familygroup name Polychoeta (as “ Policheta ”) of Zetterstedt (1842: 1, 12)]. Tachina inequalis Rondani, 1856 is treated here as an unnecessary new replacement name for Tachina unicolor Fallén, 1820.
 EMENDATIONS: Polycheta Schiner, 1861: 488 (unjustified), n. syn.; Polychaeta Schiner, 1868: 294 (unjustified), n. syn.
description: Published as part of O'Hara, James E., Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Pape, Thomas & Evenhuis, Neal L., 2011, 3141, pp. 1-268 in Zootaxa 3141 on page 149
Unexpected activity of magnetically separable Fenton catalyst in clay slurries
Creators: name: Boussouf, Ibtissam
name: Medjram, Mohamed Salah
name: Nassira Ferroudj
name: Abramson, Sébastien
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Maghemite/silica nanocomposite microspheres (γ-Fe2O3/SiO2 MS) have been tested as magnetically separable heterogeneous Fenton catalyst in beidellite clay slurries in the presence of methylorange (MO) as a model pollutant. Due to its strong magnetic susceptibility, the catalyst was easily recovered from the clay slurries by a selective magnetic sorting, even in highly concentrated slurries. The Fenton oxidation of MO was strongly enhanced in the clay slurries in comparison to the reaction in aqueous phase, highlighting a synergistic catalytic effect. The influence of different experimental parameters such as the presence of specific Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) scavengers, pH, H2O2, catalyst and clay concentrations, on the catalytic activity was also evaluated. Contrary to what was observed in aqueous phase, generation of hydroxyl radicals via the Haber–Weiss mechanism was not the unique pathway that caused MO degradation in the beidellite slurries. We also observed that the synergistic effect is more marked at pH near neutrality and low amounts of H2O2 and clay. Furthermore, the unchanged activity of the catalyst during five successive cycles together with the low level of iron leaching, makes it suitable candidate for an application as a magnetic heterogeneous Fenton catalyst in wastewater treatment, especially for surface waters or sludges naturally containing fine clay particles.
Composition and Development Prospects of Scented Rice
Creators: name: SHEN, Jiankai
name: XIE, Zhenyu
name: HE, Zhizhou
name: LIN, Qiyun
name: YIN, Ming
name: SHEN, Jiankai
name: XIE, Zhenyu
name: HE, Zhizhou
name: LIN, Qiyun
name: YIN, Ming
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Scented rice
subject: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2-AP)
subject: Scented substance
subject: Proline.

description: Containing higher aromatic composition, scented rice is better than ordinary rice varieties in taste and nutrition. Major composition of scented rice is 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2-AP). Different scented rice varieties have different content of 2-AP. The content of 2-AP is not only influenced by genetic substances, but also closely connected with types and content of nutrition elements in soil, soil moisture management, ambient temperature, and storage. 2-AP synthesis and regulation are possibly connected with Proline and enzyme.
Dielectron production in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV with ALICE
Creators: name: Scheid, Horst Sebastian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ALICE Collaboration measured dielectron production as a function of the invariant mass ($m_{\rm ee}$), the pair transverse momentum ($p_{\rm T,ee}$) and the pair distance of closest approach ($\rm DCA_{ee}$) in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV. Prompt and non-prompt dielectron sources can be separated with the $\rm DCA_{ee}$, which will give the opportunity in heavy-ion collisions to identify thermal radiation from the medium in the intermediate-mass range dominated by contributions from open-charm and beauty hadron decays. The charm and beauty total cross sections are extracted from the data by fitting the spectra with two different MC generators, i.e. PYTHIA a leading order event generator and POWHEG a next-to-leading order event generator. Significant model dependences are observed, reflecting the sensitivity of this measurement to the heavy-flavour production mechanisms.
TOC a literature review for data share.docx
Creators: name: Tarte, Nagesh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: In this paper we focus on what lessons academicians may learn about Theory of Constraints (TOC) and its developments through the available literature. Further this study provides literature review on TOC from evolution and how the main point of TOC researcher changes. Initially TOC got developed as Optimised Production Technology (OPT). Further developments done in TOC to make more understanding and Process of ongoing improvement (POOGI). Five steps of TOC are mentioned along with Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) represents a set of rules for implementing first three steps in TOC. The most obvious application of The DBR is when plant performance is constrained by a lack manufacturing capacity at a key workstation. Current reality tree, Prerequisite reality tree and Future reality tree. Strategic and Tactic (S&T) tree to cater the success rate of improvements and to help top management for preventing common mistakes that result in such a high failure rate. Strategies are starting point and tactics are by products of strategies. For academic interest comparison of TOC and Lean manufacturing is mentioned in this paper along with TOC’s fundamental questions and TOC’s elements. These developments in TOC may help academicians, practitioners to implement with similar approaches.
Large Language Models, scientific knowledge and factuality: A framework to streamline human expert evaluation
Creators: name: Wysocka, Magdalena
name: Wysocki, Oskar
name: Delmas, Maxime
name: Mutel, Vincent
name: Freitas, Andre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The paper introduces a framework for the evaluation of the encoding of factual scientific knowledge, designed to streamline the manual evaluation process typically conducted by domain experts. Inferring over and extracting information from Large Language Models (LLMs) trained on a large corpus of scientific literature can potentially define a step change in biomedical discovery, reducing the barriers for accessing and integrating existing medical evidence. This work explores the potential of LLMs for dialoguing with biomedical background knowledge, using the context of antibiotic discovery. The framework involves of three evaluation steps, each assessing different aspects sequentially: fluency, prompt alignment, semantic coherence, factual knowledge, and specificity of the generated responses. By splitting these tasks between non-experts and experts, the framework reduces the effort required from the latter. The work provides a systematic assessment on the ability of eleven state-of-the-art models LLMs, including ChatGPT, GPT-4 and Llama 2, in two prompting-based tasks: chemical compound definition generation and chemical compound-fungus relation determination. Although recent models have improved in fluency, factual accuracy is still low and models are biased towards over-represented entities. The ability of LLMs to serve as biomedical knowledge bases is questioned, and the need for additional systematic evaluation frameworks is highlighted. While LLMs are currently not fit for purpose to be used as biomedical factual knowledge bases in a zero-shot setting, there is a promising emerging property in the direction of factuality as the models become domain specialised, scale-up in size and level of human feedback.
description: Accepted at the Journal of Biomedical Informatics, Volume 158, October 2024, 104724
Identifying differences in capital growth trajectories of agricultural enterprises in Russia
Creators: name: Epstein, David
name: Curtiss, Jarmila
name: Epstein, David
name: Curtiss, Jarmila
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Financial performance
subject: capital growth
subject: group-based trajectory modelling
subject: Russia
subject: agroholdings

description: The great diversity of farms with regard to production, ownership and/or corporate structure and significant initial undercapitalization characteristic for post-socialist countries can be assumed to form conditions that allowed for diverse farm development strategies. The aim of this paper is to identify significantly different farm capital growth trajectories that characterize structural development of Russian agriculture. Special attention is paid to financial performance and strategies of agriholding farms. We apply a semi-parametric group-based trajectory modelling approach on the financial statement data of agricultural enterprises from northwest Russia from 2001 to 2012. We identified five groups of farms with significantly different growth trajectories. Most representative for the analyzed region are farms with continuous close to zero capital growth, while other (smaller) groups of farms display high fixed capital growth of various levels. Most farms incorporated into holding structures, predominantly very large farms, are found to display high financial performance and secure gradual growth.
The Relationship among Emotional Intelligence, Social Support, Job Involvement, and Turnover Intention – A Study of Nurses in Taiwan
Creators: name: Chun-Chen Huang
name: Szu-Hsien Lin
name: Zheng, Kai-Wen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Economics

description: This study examines the relationship between nursing staff's emotional intelligence, social support, job involvement, and turnover intention of nursing staff. The MANOVA Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were used to examine the aforesaid constructs. The results of the study show that while emotional intelligence has a positive impact on social support and job involvement, social support also has a positive impact on job involvement. Meanwhile, both social support and job involvement have a negative impact on turnover intention. Therefore, the underlying reasons for turnover behavior can be traced back to emotional intelligence, whereas social support and job involvement can be two tiers of mediators. These results can provide hospitals with human resource management strategies and serve as a reference for organizational management.
Improving BIM Authoring Process Reproducibility with Enhanced BIM Logging
Creators: name: Jang, Suhyung
name: Lee, Ghang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents an enhanced building information modeling (BIM) logger that captures building element geometry and attributes to accurately represent the BIM authoring process. The authors developed the logger and reproducing algorithm using the Revit C# API based on the analysis of information required to define building elements and associated attributes. The enhanced BIM log was evaluated through a case study of Villa Savoye designed by Le Corbusier, and the results show that it can accurately represent the BIM authoring process to a substantial level of reproducibility. The study provides a tool for capturing and reproducing the BIM authoring process. Future research can focus on improving the accuracy of the logging and reproducing algorithm and exploring further applications to automate the BIM authoring process using enhanced BIM logs.
Anti-bacterial Behavior of Surface Modified Composite Polyamide Nanofiltration (NF) Membrane by Immobilizing Ag doped TiO2 Nanoparticles
Creators: name: Zunaira Habib
name: Sher Jamal Khan
name: Ahmad, Nasir Mehmood
name: Shahzad, Hafiz Muhammad Aamir
name: Jamal, Yousuf
name: Hashmi, Imran
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Modification of active membrane surface is an auspicious way to enhance the membrane performance. In our study, commercially available composite polyamide Nanofiltration (NF) membrane was modified by immobilizing silver doped TiO2 (Ag-TiO2) nanoparticles. Ag-TiO2 with different nanoparticles concentration (0.05, 0.1, and 0.5 wt. %) were coated on the surface of membrane by dip coating method. The evidence of successful coating was evaluated by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) coupled with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) images. Moreover the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), contact angle measurement and permeation tests were carried out in order to evaluate the membrane performance after coating. The antifouling property of modified membrane was evaluated for Gram-positive (Bacillus subtilis) and Gram negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria by colony counting method. The results indicated that the modified membranes keep efficient anti-bacterial efficacy against both type of bacteria. The bacterial growth reduced approximately 75% and 73% on modified membrane as compared to unmodified membrane for E.coli and B.subtilis respectively. Ag-TiO2 nanoparticles imbedded nanofiltration membranes inhibit the biofilm formation and facilitate in cleaning membrane surface without using excessive chemical agents.
Magnetic fields and radio polarization of barred galaxies - 3D dynamo simulations
Creators: name: Otmianowska-Mazur, K.
name: Elstner, D.
name: Soida, M.
name: Urbanik, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A three-dimensional (3D) MHD model is applied to simulate the evolution of a large-scale magnetic field in a barred galaxy possessing a gaseous halo extending to about 2.8 kpc above the galactic plane. As the model input we use a time-dependent velocity field of molecular gas resulting from self-consistent 3D N-body simulations of a galactic disk. We assume that the gaseous halo rotates differentially co-rotating with the disk or decreasing its velocity in the Z direction. The dynamo process included in the model yields the amplification of the magnetic field as well as the formation of field structures high above the galactic disk. The simulated magnetic fields are used to construct the models of a high-frequency (Faraday rotation-free) polarized radio emission that accounts for effects of projection and limited resolution, and is thus suitable for direct comparison with observations. We found that the resultant magnetic field correctly reproduces the observed structures of polarization B-vectors, forming coherent patterns well aligned with spiral arms and with the bar. The process initializing a wave-like behavior of the magnetic field, which efficiently forms magnetic maxima between the spiral arms, is demonstrated. The inclusion of the galactic halo constitutes a step towards a realistic model of galactic magnetic fields that includes as many dynamical components as needed for a realistic description.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures, A&A in print
Towards minimizing efforts for Morphing Attacks -- Deep embeddings for morphing pair selection and improved Morphing Attack Detection
Creators: name: Kessler, Roman
name: Raja, Kiran
name: Tapia, Juan
name: Busch, Christoph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Face Morphing Attacks pose a threat to the security of identity documents, especially with respect to a subsequent access control process, because it enables both individuals involved to exploit the same document. In this study, face embeddings serve two purposes: pre-selecting images for large-scale Morphing Attack generation and detecting potential Morphing Attacks. We build upon previous embedding studies in both use cases using the MagFace model. For the first objective, we employ an pre-selection algorithm that pairs individuals based on face embedding similarity. We quantify the attack potential of differently morphed face images to compare the usability of pre-selection in automatically generating numerous successful Morphing Attacks. Regarding the second objective, we compare embeddings from two state-of-the-art face recognition systems in terms of their ability to detect Morphing Attacks. Our findings demonstrate that ArcFace and MagFace provide valuable face embeddings for image pre-selection. Both open-source and COTS face recognition systems are susceptible to generated attacks, particularly when pre-selection is based on embeddings rather than random pairing which was only constrained by soft biometrics. More accurate face recognition systems exhibit greater vulnerability to attacks, with COTS systems being the most susceptible. Additionally, MagFace embeddings serve as a robust alternative for detecting morphed face images compared to the previously used ArcFace embeddings. The results endorse the advantages of face embeddings in more effective image pre-selection for face morphing and accurate detection of morphed face images. This is supported by extensive analysis of various designed attacks. The MagFace model proves to be a powerful alternative to the commonly used ArcFace model for both objectives, pre-selection and attack detection.
Degradation of antibiotic resistance contaminants in wastewater by atmospheric cold plasma: kinetics and mechanisms
Creators: name: Xinyu Liao
name: Donghong Liu
name: Shiguo Chen
name: Xingqian Ye
name: Ding, Tian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: This work employed the atmospheric cold plasma technology to efficiently control the antibiotic resistance contaminants in the wastewater effluent. We found that the plasma inactivated the antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli through multiple damages on the cell membranes and intracellular components (enzymes and DNA). Plasma treatment at an influence of 0.71 kJ/cm2 resulted in a more than 3 log10 CFU/ml reduction (>99.999%) of E. coli in an actual wastewater system. We further estimated the effect of plasma on the ampicillin (blaTEM) and tetracycline (tet) resistance genes. The results demonstrated that an applied plasma dose of 1.06 kJ/cm2 could significantly (P blaTEM and tet genes by 3.26 and 3.14 log10 copies/ml, respectively. Higher plasma intensity was required for the efficient reduction of intracellular (i-)antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) than extracellular (e-)ARGs due to the shielding effect of the outer envelopes or intracellular components. The inactivation of E. coli and the degradation of e- and i-ARGs can be well described by the Weibull models. The results here provide the evidence for the potential of the plasma technology as a water/wastewater treatment technology.
The Fuzzy Kaehler Coset Space with the Darboux Coordinates
Creators: name: Aoyama, Shogo
name: Masuda, Takahiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Fedosov deformation quantization of the symplectic manifold is determined by a 1-form differential r. We identify a class of r for which the $\star$ product becomes the Moyal product by taking appropriate Darboux coordinates, but invariant by canonically transforming the coordinates. This respect of the $\star$ product is explained by studying the fuzzy algebrae of the Kaehler coset space.
description: LaTeX, 11 pages, no figure
Resonance graphs of catacondensed even ring systems
Creators: name: Brezovnik, Simon
name: Tratnik, Niko
name: Pleteršek, Petra Žigert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 92E10, 05C70, 05C10, 05C12

description: A catacondensed even ring system (shortly CERS) is a simple bipartite 2-connected outerplanar graph with all vertices of degree 2 or 3. In this paper, we investigate the resonance graphs (also called $Z$-transformation graphs) of CERS and firstly show that two even ring chains are resonantly equivalent iff their resonance graphs are isomorphic. As the main result, we characterize CERS whose resonance graphs are daisy cubes. In this way, we greatly generalize the result known for kinky benzenoid graphs. Finally, some open problems are also presented.
Porricondyla Rondani 1840
Creators: name: O'Hara, James E.
name: Cerretti, Pierfilippo
name: Pape, Thomas
name: Evenhuis, Neal L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
Porricondyla

description: 457. Porricondyla Rondani, 1840b: 13.
 ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Cecidomyia albitarsus Rondani, 1840 (as “ Cecidomia... Albitarsis ”).
 TYPE SPECIES: Cecidomyia albitarsis Rondani, 1840 (as “ Cecidomia... Albitarsis ”), by monotypy.
 CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [teste Gagné (2004: 53)].
FAMILY: CECIDOMYIIDAE.
 REMARKS: Originally proposed as a genus (here treated as a subgenus) within the genus “ Cecidomia ” [= Cecidomyia Meigen, 1803].
 EMENDATIONS: Porrhocondyla Agassiz, 1846b: 306 (unjustified), n. syn.; Porrycondyla Walker, 1874: 15 (unjustified), n. syn.
description: Published as part of O'Hara, James E., Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Pape, Thomas & Evenhuis, Neal L., 2011, 3141, pp. 1-268 in Zootaxa 3141 on page 150
Dicranoweisia cirrata Lindb.
Creators: name: Ros, Rosa M.
name: Olaf, Susana Rams
name: Eloy, Olaf Werner
name: Cerón, Eloy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Dicranales
Dicranaceae
Dicranoweisia
Dicranoweisia cirrata

description: Dicranoweisia cirrata (Hedw.) Lindb.
RECORDS. — Bescherelle (1882), Jelenc (1955a): Djebel Édough, forêt de Buïn-Si; La Calle, vallée d’Ain-Crier. Jelenc (1953, 1967): Aurès, flanc nord du djebel Pharaoun, 1800 m. Jelenc (1955a): Camp de la Santé; Kabylie du Djurdjura, Fort National; Ouarsenis, Téniet el Had; Taourirt. Bizot (1973): Djebel Belezma à 15 km à l’ouest de Batna. Boukhatem et al. (2017): El-Kala National Park, Tonga lake watershed. Rare.
description: Published as part of Ros, Rosa M., Olaf, Susana Rams, Eloy, Olaf Werner & Cerón, Eloy, 2024, Revisiting the Bryophyte Checklist of Algeria: Exploring Diversity and Distribution, pp. 49-116 in Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (5) on page 72, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2024v45a5, http://zenodo.org/record/14593891
Additional file 10 of Remodeling of the maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy is shaped by parity
Creators: name: Berry, Alexander S. F.
name: Pierdon, Meghann K.
name: Misic, Ana M.
name: Sullivan, Megan C.
name: O’Brien, Kevin
name: Chen, Ying
name: Murray, Samuel J.
name: Ramharack, Lydia A.
name: Baldassano, Robert N.
name: Parsons, Thomas D.
name: Beiting, Daniel P.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 9: Supplemental Figure 9. The number of piglets per litter, the interpregnancy interval, and litter weight are not significantly different between parity groups. A) The number of piglets per litter across parity groups is constant. B) The number of days between weaning and insemination does not differ between parity groups. C) The combined weight of each litter is not significantly different between parity groups. All P-values are > 0.05.
Metadata and Open Access
Creators: name: Edmunds, Jeff
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Co-organised with OIPA and featuring Graham Bell (Executive Director, EDItEUR), Jeff Edmunds (Digital Access Coordinator, Penn State Libraries), as well as Tobias Steiner (COO, Thoth Open Metadata) and Hannah Hillen (Metadata & Publisher Outreach Specialist, Thoth Open Metadata), this session offers practical guidance for working effectively with metadata for open access books.

These are the slids used by Jeff Edmunds as part of his talk "Metadata and Open Access".
Structural change and dairy chain efficiency in Italy
Creators: name: Weaver, Robert D.
name: Rosa, Franco
name: Weaver, Robert D.
name: Rosa, Franco
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: dairy sector
subject: CMO
subject: time series analysis
subject: asymmetric price transmission
subject: TVECM

description: This research is an application of the econometric price series to the analysis of dairy chain efficiency in Italy. At a theoretic level, the price transmission and asymmetry in the speed of adjustment to positive and negative price changes is supported by the Industrial Organization, multi market equilibrium, food chain theories. However this does not provide a clear signal of competitiveness as many conditions may induce stickiness (curvature of demand, local cost and externalities, long term contracts. While evidences from past EU studies about the dairy sector are mixed, several studies have demonstrated the evidence of price asymmetries in different market contests. The aim of this research is to examine the price dynamics along the dairy chain and offer some empirical evidences about the cointegration and asymmetric price transmission at different market levels. The parametric test of asymmetry in a multivariate VECM (vector error correction term), suggests symmetry in co-movement. To explore in deeper whether these results are robust with respect to nonlinearity it is estimated the threshold VECM model; the results suggest to reject the hypothesis of asymmetry with exception for the raw milk and wholesale butter. While market competitiveness can not be inferred only from evidence of asymmetry, these findings support the hypothesis that the market structure and policy in the Italian dairy chain didn’t affect greatly the price asymmetry. However, for the butter market, the public intervention seems to have generated speculative behavior among the operators and generated asymmetric price responses to positive/negative price changes.
Tachyon Condensation and Open String Field theory
Creators: name: Lee, Taejin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform canonical quantization of the open string on a unstable D-brane in the background of the tachyon condensation. Evaluating the Polyakov path-integral on a stripe, we obtain the field theoretical propagator in the open string theory. As the condensation occurs the string field theory is continuously deformed. At the infrared fixed point of the condensation, the open string field on the unstable D-brane transmutes to that on the lower dimensional D-brane with the correct D-brane tension.
description: Revtex, 12 pages, References added
Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution at 10 GBaud using an Integrated Photonic-Electronic Receiver
Creators: name: Hajomer, Adnan A. E.
name: Bruynsteen, Cedric
name: Derkach, Ivan
name: Jain, Nitin
name: Bomhals, Axl
name: Bastiaens, Sarah
name: Andersen, Ulrik L.
name: Yin, Xin
name: Gehring, Tobias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a well-known application of quantum information theory that guarantees information-theoretically secure key exchange. As QKD becomes more and more commercially viable, challenges such as scalability, network integration, and high production costs need to be addressed. Photonic and electronic integrated circuits that can be produced in large volumes at low cost hold the key to large-scale deployment of next-generation QKD systems. Here, we present a continuous-variable (CV) QKD system using an integrated photonic-electronic receiver that combines a silicon photonic integrated circuit implementing a phase-diverse receiver with custom-designed GaAs pHEMT transimpedance amplifiers. The QKD system operates at a classical telecom symbol rate of 10 GBaud, generating high secret key rates exceeding 0.7 Gb/s over a distance of 5 km and 0.3 Gb/s over a distance of 10 km. The secret keys are secure against collective attacks with finite-size effects taken into account. Well-designed digital signal processing enabled the high-speed operation. Our experiment sets a new record for secure quantum communication and paves the way for the next generation of CV-QKD systems.
Predicting the phase diagram of titanium dioxide with random search and pattern recognition
Creators: name: Reinhardt, Aleks
name: Pickard, Chris J.
name: Cheng, Bingqing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Predicting phase stabilities of crystal polymorphs is central to computational materials science and chemistry. Such predictions are challenging because they first require searching for potential energy minima and then performing arduous free-energy calculations to account for entropic effects at finite temperatures. Here, we develop a framework that facilitates such predictions by exploiting all the information obtained from random searches of crystal structures. This framework combines automated clustering, classification and visualisation of crystal structures with machine-learning estimation of their enthalpy and entropy. We demonstrate the framework on the technologically important system of TiO2, which has many polymorphs, without relying on prior knowledge of known phases. We find a number of new phases and predict the phase diagram and metastabilities of crystal polymorphs at 1600 K, benchmarking the results against full free-energy calculations.
Investigating market power in the Belgian pork production chain
Creators: name: Maes, Dries
name: Vancauteren, Mark
name: Van Passel, Steven
name: Maes, Dries
name: Vancauteren, Mark
name: Van Passel, Steven
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Market power
subject: slaughterhouse
subject: input elasticity
subject: mark-up

description: The Belgian pig production has been confronted with stagnating prices since the start of the century. While several studies have investigated the financial structure of the pork production chain, it remains unclear whether excessive market power from slaughterhouses, or meat retailers plays a role. Market power studies can reveal some of the market dynamics in this setting, but this type of research has not yet been applied to the Belgian pork market. This paper looks at potential oligopolies and oligopsonies in the pork production sector. A new model is build to focus on market power dynamics in the market for live pigs. This model distinguishes horizontal and vertical market power parameters both for pig farmers and for slaughterhouses. The results follow from an empirical application using slaughterhouses data for the period 2002-2011. The potential reasons and consequences of these market powers are discussed.
Dicranum scoparium Hedw.
Creators: name: Ros, Rosa M.
name: Olaf, Susana Rams
name: Eloy, Olaf Werner
name: Cerón, Eloy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Dicranales
Dicranaceae
Dicranum
Dicranum scoparium

description: Dicranum scoparium Hedw.
RECORDS. — Bescherelle (1882): Djurjura. Bescherelle (1882), Jelenc (1955a): Tala-Guizan. Jelenc (1955a): Forêt d’Akfadou; Kabylie du Djurdjura, Tiruourda. Boukhatem et al. (2017): El-Kala National Park, Tonga lake watershed. Mazari & Boulaacheb (2023): Setif, Megriss Mountain. Rare.
description: Published as part of Ros, Rosa M., Olaf, Susana Rams, Eloy, Olaf Werner & Cerón, Eloy, 2024, Revisiting the Bryophyte Checklist of Algeria: Exploring Diversity and Distribution, pp. 49-116 in Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (5) on page 72, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2024v45a5, http://zenodo.org/record/14593891
Promoting change or preserving the status quo? - the consequences of dominating local politics by agricultural interests. Some evidence on structural change in Poland during the transition period.
Creators: name: Fałkowski, Jan
name: Fałkowski, Jan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: special-interest benefits
subject: rural politics
subject: structural change
subject: Poland

description: Though there is a vibrant debate about the determinants of structural change in agricultural sector, the broad consensus is that it is mainly driven by economic environment and farmers' characteristics. In this paper, we try to complement this view and study whether the pattern of farm exits is shaped by rural politics. Using local-level data for Poland, and accounting for variables commonly used in other studies, we show that in the period 1996-2010, the scope and speed of structural change in agricultural sector were heavily influenced by the extent to which municipality councils were captured by agricultural interests. More specifically, we find that in regions with higher political representation of farmers there were less exits from farming and land consolidation process was slower. Thus, our findings suggest that investigating the distribution of political resources at the local level might be as important for our understanding of structural change as studying the impact of farm size or the development of non-agricultural job opportunities.
Kinetic Inductance Detectors and readout electronics for the OLIMPO experiment
Creators: name: Paiella, A.
name: Battistelli, E. S.
name: Castellano, M. G.
name: Colantoni, I.
name: Columbro, F.
name: Coppolecchia, A.
name: D'Alessandro, G.
name: de Bernardis, P.
name: Gordon, S.
name: Lamagna, L.
name: Mani, H.
name: Masi, S.
name: Mauskopf, P.
name: Pettinari, G.
name: Piacentini, F.
name: Presta, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs) are superconductive low$-$temperature detectors useful for astrophysics and particle physics. We have developed arrays of lumped elements KIDs (LEKIDs) sensitive to microwave photons, optimized for the four horn-coupled focal planes of the OLIMPO balloon-borne telescope, working in the spectral bands centered at 150 GHz, 250 GHz, 350 GHz, and 460 GHz. This is aimed at measuring the spectrum of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect for a number of galaxy clusters, and will validate LEKIDs technology in a space-like environment. Our detectors are optimized for an intermediate background level, due to the presence of residual atmosphere and room--temperature optical system and they operate at a temperature of 0.3 K. The LEKID planar superconducting circuits are designed to resonate between 100 and 600 MHz, and to match the impedance of the feeding waveguides; the measured quality factors of the resonators are in the $10^{4}-10^{5}$ range, and they have been tuned to obtain the needed dynamic range. The readout electronics is composed of a $cold$ $part$, which includes a low noise amplifier, a dc$-$block, coaxial cables, and power attenuators; and a $room-temperature$ $part$, FPGA$-$based, including up and down-conversion microwave components (IQ modulator, IQ demodulator, amplifiers, bias tees, attenuators). In this contribution, we describe the optimization, fabrication, characterization and validation of the OLIMPO detector system.
description: Proceedings of WOLTE13, September 10-13, 2018 Sorrento, Italy
Training and Locus of Control Analysis of Self-Efficacy and Employee Ability
Creators: name: Noer Soetjipto
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Economics

description: This study aims to get an overview of the Influence of training factors and locus of control on self-efficacy and work ability of employees in three-star hotels in East Java. The reputation in this study is the three-star hotel industry in East Java, which totals 20 hotels and all employees at the three-star hotel in East Java, with a sample size of 501 employees. The analysis technique used is to use path analysis. Based on the analysis of the results and the hypothesis proposed previously that the variable trainer power, training material, training methods, training facilities, and locus of control partially have a significant influence on the variable self-efficacy is acceptable/true. While the hypothesis which states that the trainer variable, training material, and training methods and locus of control partially influence the workability variable can also be accepted, only one hypothesis that cannot be accepted is the effect of training facility variables on workability.
The statistical physics of Cities
Creators: name: Barthelemy, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Challenges due to the rapid urbanization of the world -- especially in emerging countries -- range from an increasing dependence on energy, to air pollution, socio-spatial inequalities, environmental and sustainability issues. Modelling the structure and evolution of cities is therefore critical because policy makers need robust theories and new paradigms for mitigating these problems. Fortunately, the increased data available about urban systems opens the possibility of constructing a quantitative 'science of cities', with the aim of identifying and modelling essential phenomena. Statistical physics plays a major role in this effort by bringing tools and concepts able to bridge theory and empirical results. This article illustrates this point by focusing on fundamental objects in cities: the distribution of the urban population; segregation phenomena and spin-like models; the polycentric transition of the activity organization; energy considerations about mobility and models inspired by gravity and radiation concepts; CO2 emitted by transport; and finally, scaling that describes how various socio-economical and infrastructures evolve when cities grow.
description: Review article for Nature Reviews Physics